A Nigerian writer Abi Dare has won the first ever Climate Fiction Prize. Abi Dare, a Law graduate at the University of Wolverhampton has been awarded the inaugural prize for her novel, And So I Roar, a sequel to her bestselling debut, The Girl with the Louding Voice.
And So I Roar delves into the lives of rural women and girls in Nigeria, whose lives are impacted by environmental collapse.
The author won the prestigious £10,000 prize at a ceremony in London on Wednesday. And So I Roar was one of five books to be shortlisted alongside The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, Briefly Very Beautiful by Roz Dineen, The Morningside by Téa Obreht and Orbital by Samantha Harvey – which won the 2024 Booker Prize.
Daré will also be a speaker at the University of Wolverhampton’s inclusivity conference, Authentic Allyship, on Thursday 12 June.
