On Black Sisters Street Explained
| On Black Sisters Street |
| Title Orig: | Fata Morgana |
| Author: | Chika Unigwe |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Literary fiction |
| Publisher: | Meulenhoff / Manteau |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2011 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Isbn: | 978-1-4000-6833-3 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Preceded By: | The Phoenix |
| Followed By: | The 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 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: On Black Sisters Street: A Novel. Ohio University Press • Swallow Press.
- News: Tales From the Global Sex Trade. Fernanda. Eberstadt. The New York Times . 29 April 2011. NYTimes.com.
- Web site: ON BLACK SISTERS STREET | Kirkus Reviews. www.kirkusreviews.com.
- Web site: NLNG shortlist: What you should know about the authors. Bivan. Nathaniel. 13 August 2016. Daily Trust. en-GB. 11 October 2021.
- Web site: From NLNG's Treasury .. Chika Unigwe wins $100,000 NIG Prize for Literature. 7 November 2012. Vanguard News. en-US. 11 October 2021.
- Web site: Chika Unigwe Wins Nigeria Prize for Literature . Nehru Odeh. PM News. 1 November 2012 . 11 October 2021.
- Web site: Chike Unigwe wins the prestigious NLNG Literary Prize for On Black Sisters' Street . 2 November 2012 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529051412/http://www.wasafiri.org/pages/news_01/news_item.asp?News_01ID=291. 29 May 2015.
- News: Barr . Nicola . 10 September 2010 . On Black Sisters' Street by Chika Unigwe . en-GB . The Guardian . 7 April 2023 . 0261-3077.
