Nigeria, May 22 -- Two Nigerians have been shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.

They are Lesley Arimah for 'skinned' and Tochukwu Okafor for 'All our lives'.

The Caine Prize 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 five-writer shortlist for the 20th edition of the Caine Prize was announced, on Monday, by Peter Kimani, this year's chair of judges and Kenyan author of the award-winning novel 'Dance of the Jakaranda.'

They include authors from Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria. Other shortlisted writers include Ethiopia's Meron Hadero for her short story, 'The Wall', Cameroon's Ngwah-Mbo Nana Nkweti ...