Erica Sugo Anyadike is a Tanzanian writer based in Kenya and was shortlisted for the 2020

Caine Prize The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language. The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 20 ...

. Her 2019 short story "How to Marry an African President" was also shortlisted for the

Commonwealth Short Story Prize The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded annually for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 to 5,000 words). The prize is open to citizens of member states of the Commonwealth of Nations aged 18 and over. The Commonwealth Short ...

and for the Queen Mary Wasafiri Writing Prize. She began her career as a television writer

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Tanzanian women writers 21st-century Tanzanian women 21st-century Tanzanian people Women short story writers {{Tanzania-writer-stub