2012 Man Booker Prize overly populist. Whether or not as a response to this, the 2012 jury strongly emphasised the value of literary quality and linguistic innovation as criteria for inclusion. The winner was Hilary Mantel, an early favourite, for her book "Bring Up the Bodies", the sequel to her novel "Wolf Hall", which won the award in 2009. Mantel became the first woman, and the first Briton, to win the prize twice. A strong challenger to Mantel was established writer Will Self, who was nominated for the first time. Other shortlisters included second-time nominee Tan Twan Eng, Deborah Levy, who returned from a
The Golden Baobab Prize "Mechanic’s Son" (Botswana) Rising Writer: Aisha Kibwana - "Strange Visitors that took her life away" (Kenya) 2010/2011 Junior Category: Edyth Bulbring - "Sour Worms" (South Africa) Senior Category: Ken Farnsworth - "The Rooster" (South Africa) Rising Writer: Luc Haasbroek - "The Dance" (South Africa) 2014 Portia Dery became the first Ghanaian to win with her story "Grandma's list" for picture book prize. 2009: Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kathy Knowles, and Professor Osayimwense Osa. 2010: Jay Heale, Nana Ayebia Clarke, Muthoni Garland, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, Cynthia Pon, and Meshack Asare. 2011: Brenda Randolph, Helon Habila, Elinor Sisulu, Meshack Asare, Carol Mitchell, and Tanja