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South African Lidudumalingani has won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘ Memories We Lost’. Lidudumalingani was presented with the £10,000 prize by chair of judges, Delia Jarret-Macauley, at a ceremony at the Bodleian Library in Oxford yesterday (4th July). ‘Memories We Lost’ tells the "emotionally charged" story of a girl who acts as protector of her sister, whose serious mental health problems cause consternation in a South African village. Her situation deter …