Two female African writers shortlisted for Booker prize

News that Ethiopian-American Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King , and Zimbabwean Tsitsi Dangarembga, with her novel This Mournable Body , were on the shortlist for the 2020 Booker Prize has been received with celebration on the African literary scene.

Two African women are in the running for the £50,000 ($66,000) award, in a historic first for the UK's most prestigious literary prize - and a major boost for storytellers on the continent.