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Kenyan author wins prize in literature

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James Currey Prize for African Literature winner, Peter Ngila Njeri. PHOTO | ALEX MBURU | NMG

By  Bamuturaki Musinguzi

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Kenyan author Peter Ngila Njeri has won the 2023 James Currey Prize for African Literature for his story, Legend of a Beach House.

Njeri was announced at the closing ceremony of the inaugural James Currey Literary Festival held in Oxford, England, from September 1 to 3.

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