Prizes

Awarded for Colours of Hatred

Udenwe won the inaugural edition of The Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature for his second novel, Colours of Hatred. The judging panel cited the novel as a masterpiece of contemporary African literature during the ceremony in Abuja. The prize is awarded annually to a single work that reshapes the imaginative terrain of the continent, and is named in honour of the late Chinua Achebe.

Awarded for Satans & Shaitans

Satans & Shaitans, Udenwe's explosive debut set against the backdrop of Nigeria's terrorism tension, won the ANA Prize for Prose Fiction. The novel follows five shadowy cartels, bound by blood pacts and hungry for control, as they unleash a chain of assassinations that reach into the highest offices of the land.