The Administrator's Co-Caine Library
The Administrator's Co-Caine Library is the collection of books collected by Dele Fatunla, prior to and during his tenure as administrator of the Caine Prize for African Writing; whilst these books, like all books, are to the owner, jewels of inestimable value - we are selling them to achieve a number of goals, including delivering an editorial internship programme for The Vex - News and views paper, securing stable accomodation for Dele Fatunla following the insecurity engendered by his termination from the said prize, funding a modest but ambitious research agenda and establishing a commissioning budget for The Vex and our ancillary projects. The titles are all first editions and in good condition. The titles being sold include some signed titles - with dedications to the administrator, as well as the following titles:
- A first edition proof of the late Binyavanga Wainana's title: One Day I Will Write About This
- The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adichie
- In The Heart of The Country - By J.M. Coetzee
- Infinite Riches - By Ben Okri
- George & Rue - By George Elliot Clarke
- The Hairdresser of Harare - By Tendai Huchu
- A first edition of 'The Street' by the late Biyi Bandele
- The exquisite novel The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears - by Dinaw Mengestu
- Born on a Tuesday by El Nathan John
- Playbill from The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin or the novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
- The House Gun by the late Nadine Gordimer
