Brenda Mukami talks to the Caine Prize Administrator, Lizzy Attree,  about the story she wrote while on the 2012 Caine Prize workshop in South Africa earlier this month "Table Manners".

2012 Workshop participants in South Africa:  Mehul Gohil, Rehana Rossouw, Lauri Kubuitsile, Rachel Zadok, Grace Khunou, Yewande Omotoso, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Jamal Mahjoub, Beatrice Lamwaka, Tendai Mwanaka, Brenda Mukami, Waigwa Ndiangui.

Welcome to the new Caine Prize for African Writing Blog.  We will begin with monthly blogs from this year's judges, Bernardine Evaristo, Maya Jaggi, Chirikure Chirikure, Samantha Pinto and Nima Elbagir.  We look forward to hearing what they have to say about judging this year's 122 entries from 14 countries, hearing about their favourite African authors and what they are looking for in a winning story. Enjoy.