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On 15 March 1959, Nigerian poet and novelist Ben Okri was born. He is considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions. In 1991, his novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize, making him the prize's youngest winner at 32. 

The jury of the Africa Thesis Award is delighted to announce that the 2025 prize has been awarded to Yonwaba Matshobotiyana of the University of the Free State, South Africa, with a thesis on Black women's poetry in South Africa. The jury was blown away by this strong scholarly contribution to Black feminist thought and the field of decolonial literature studies.