The shortlist for the 2017 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature) has been announced, The JRB reports.

2017 9mobile Prize for Literature longlist

• What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah (United Kingdom/Nigeria) (Kachifo Limited)
• Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (Nigeria) (Canongate Books)
• Asylum by Marcus Low (South Africa) (Picador Africa)

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