BBC
Journalist and poet Harriet
Anena has won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, becoming
the first Ugandan to receive the honour.
She tweeted that she was
"super happy" to have won the award for her book of poetry, A Nation
in Labour.
Her publisher calls it "a
collection of social conscience poetry" taking in "the giant
politician, the restless citizen, the clueless youth, those struggling to heal
from life's scratches and the ones hunting for words to describe fiery flames
of affection".
Anena, who hails from Gulu in
northern Uganda, shares this year's prize with Nigeria's Tanure Ojaide who
wrote Songs of Myself.
They each win a cash prize of
$10,000 (£7,870).
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