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The Sabi Prize

August 18, 2026

OCM Presents: Essays from The Sabi Prize for Critical Reading and Writing

Up to 220 Nigerian senior secondary school students entered for the inaugural Sabi Prize, worth ₦2.95 million ($2,165). Their task? To analyze a chapter from Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood. Read the top three essays, judged by Adachioma Ezeano, winner of the O. Henry Prize, and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, author of The Tiny Things are Heavier.
Paula Willie-Okafor
OCM Presents: Essays from The Sabi Prize for Critical Reading and Writing

August 18, 2026

OCM Presents: Essays from The Sabi Prize for Critical Reading and Writing

OCM Presents: Essays from The Sabi Prize for Critical Reading and Writing

Up to 220 Nigerian senior secondary school students entered for the inaugural Sabi Prize, worth ₦2.95 million ($2,165). Their task? To analyze a chapter from Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood. Read the top three essays, judged by Adachioma Ezeano, winner of the O. Henry Prize, and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, author of The Tiny Things are Heavier.
Paula Willie-Okafor

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