On Black Sisters Street

On Black Sisters Street
First edition (Dutch)
AuthorChika Unigwe
Original titleFata Morgana
LanguageEnglish
GenreLiterary fiction
PublisherMeulenhoff / Manteau
Publication date
26 April 2011
Publication placeNigeria
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages272
ISBN978-1-4000-6833-3
Preceded byThe Phoenix 
Followed byThe Night Dancer 

On Black Sisters Street is a 2011 translated novel by Nigerian author Chika Unigwe.[1][2][3] It is her second novel, which was originally published as Fata Morgana, in Dutch in 2008 and subsequently released in English as On Black Sisters' Street.[4] On Black Sisters' Street is about African prostitutes living and working in Belgium. On Black Sisters' Street won the 2012 Nigeria Prize for Literature;[5] valued at $100,000 it is Africa's largest literary prize.[6][7]

Plot summary

The story is set on Zwartezusterstraat which is the "Black Sisters' Street" in Ghent, Belgium. Here four migrant sex-workers try to make enough money to pay back the Nigerian pimp named Dele for the fee he claims for transporting them from Nigeria to Belgium.[8]

References

  1. ^ "On Black Sisters Street: A Novel". Ohio University Press • Swallow Press.
  2. ^ Eberstadt, Fernanda (29 April 2011). "Tales From the Global Sex Trade". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "ON BLACK SISTERS STREET | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  4. ^ Bivan, Nathaniel (13 August 2016). "NLNG shortlist: What you should know about the authors". Daily Trust. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ^ "From NLNG's Treasury .. Chika Unigwe wins $100,000 NIG Prize for Literature". Vanguard News. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ^ Nehru Odeh (1 November 2012). "Chika Unigwe Wins Nigeria Prize for Literature". PM News. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Chike Unigwe wins the prestigious NLNG Literary Prize for On Black Sisters' Street". Wasafiri. 2 November 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  8. ^ Barr, Nicola (10 September 2010). "On Black Sisters' Street by Chika Unigwe". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 April 2023.


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