He won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Miracle". Related Pages. Tope Folarin Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington, DC. The Caine Prize is broadening its definition and scope. or. The children were eager to visit Nigeria, but financial constraints prevented the family from doing so. Send Message. Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington DC.
Tope Folarin (born 1981) is a Nigerian-American writer.
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Call +234 816 415 1777. Learn more. Speaking of his upbringing in a 2016 interview, Folarin said that he and his siblings were raised with "a deep respect" for Nigeria and Africa.
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He won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013 and was shortlisted once again in 2016.
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Before Tope Folarin won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, it might not have been completely clear that he was an African writer. Author.
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I consider myself Nigerian and American, both identities are integral to who I am. He was educated at Morehouse College and the University of Oxford, where he earned two Masters degrees as a Rhodes Scholar. Facebook. His debut novel, LITERARY REPRESENTATION. In April 2014 he was named in the Hay Festival's Africa39 project as one of the 39 Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with the potential and the talent to define the trends of the region.
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His parents are Nigerian, of course, but he was born in Utah, where he grew up; he went to school in Texas and Georgia; he was a Rhodes scholar at …
Writer Tope Folarin visits the museum and reflects on its impact. "I think my writing reflects both of these aspects of my life—a sense of closeness to Nigeria, and a distance as well," he said.In 2013 Folarin became the first writer based outside Africa to win the "I'm a writer situated in the Nigerian disapora, and the Caine Prize means a lot – it feels like I'm connected to a long tradition of African writers. He won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013 and was shortlisted once again in 2016.
Contact . The PEN of the Most High. He was also recently named to the Africa39 list of the most promising African writers under 40. About Fiction Essays Dialog. About Fiction Essays Dialog. Tope Folarin, Ibadan.
About Fiction Essays Dialog Press Talks Events Contact Cart 0. His story "Genesis" was shortlisted for the 2016 Caine Prize. About Fiction Essays Dialog Press Talks Events Contact Cart 0.
He won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2013 and was shortlisted once again in 2016. ... more than 100 years after it was first proposed.
It is a coming of age story and also an immigrant narrative focusing more on the experience of the first generation American children of Nigerian parents.
About Fiction Essays Dialog. He was also recently named to the Africa39 list of the most promising African writers under 40.
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Contact Us. To connect with Tope Folarin, join Facebook today. He was also recently named to the Africa39 list of the most promising African writers under 40. Tope Folarin's debut novel, A Particular Kind of Black Man, is set partly in Utah and partly in Texas, and it is largely based on the author's actual experience as the son of Nigerian immigrants. Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington DC.
He serves as Vice President of Content and Storytelling at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Policy Studies. PRESS .
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