Tope Folarin
Tope Folarin (born 1981) is a Nigerian-American writer and executive director of the Institute for Policy Studies. He won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Miracle". 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. His story "Genesis" was shortlisted for the 2016 Caine Prize.
Tope Folarin | |
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| Born | Oluwabusayo Temitope Folarin 1981 (age 42–43) Ogden, Utah, U.S. |
| Education | Morehouse College (BA) Harris Manchester College, Oxford (MSc) |
| Awards | Caine Prize (2013) Whiting Award for Fiction (2021) |
| Website | Official website |
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