Stickfighting Days

"Stickfighting Days"
Short story by Olufemi Terry
CountrySierra Leone
LanguageEnglish
Publication
PublisherChimurenga, Vol. 12/13
Media typeShort story

"Stickfighting Days" is the second short story by Olufemi Terry from Sierra Leonean. It is the winner of the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing.[1] It was originally published in the pan-African magazine Chimurenga (vol. 12/13).[2]

The story follows a group of glue-sniffing boys in a dump who fight with sticks.[3] Terry said the story originally came into his head as "the idea of street boys in Nairobi, in rags, sniffing glue", adding: "The stickfighting element just popped into my head—there wasn't any obvious connection between the two strands, but somehow I found myself working with these two elements and the story just poured out of me".[2]

"Stickfighting Days" won the Caine Prize for African Writing on 5 July 2010. It defeated shortlisted entries by writers from across Africa, including Ken Barris (South Africa), Lily Mabura (Kenya), Namwali Serpell (Zambia), and Alex Smith (South Africa).[4] Fiammetta Rocco, the judges' chair and literary editor with The Economist, said: "Ambitious, brave and hugely imaginative, Olufemi Terry's 'Stickfighting Days' presents a heroic culture that is Homeric in its scale and conception. The execution of this story is so tight and the presentation so cinematic, it confirms Olufemi Terry as a talent with an enormous future".[2]

References

  1. ^ Flood, Alison (6 July 2010). "Olufemi Terry wins Caine prize for African writing". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "African literary prize goes to Cape Town writer". CBC News. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Sierra Leone's Olufemi Terry wins Caine writing prize". BBC News. BBC. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  4. ^ Frenette, Brad (6 July 2010). "Olufemi Terry wins 2010 Caine Prize". National Post. Canwest. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2010.


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