Recs if you like The Thing Around Your Neck...

an engaging collection that captures the depth and diversity of African storytelling, blending tradition, history, and modern life through powerful voices.

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, inaugurated in 2006, is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize invites nominations in adult fiction and nonfiction books published within the past year that have led readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view.

fiction edition finalists