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Young trainee doctor from Northern Kenya shortlisted for prestigious writing prize

Buke says she started writing in high school as a way of processing the grief of losing her father to cancer in 2015

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by The Star

News10 April 2023 - 22:06
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“I started writing in high school as a way of processing the grief of losing my father to cancer in 2015."

New Kenyan writer, Buke Abduba, is one of the 28 writers shortlisted for the prestigious 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for her short story, Price Tags. Buke refers to the honour as ‘incredible’.

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