The Obituary Tango, is an anthology of short stories from around Africa, which were submitted to the 2005 Caine Prize for African Writing. The winner of the 2005 Caine Prize, Monday Morning was written by Nigerian S.A. Afolabi. The four others shortlisted for the award, which has become known as Africa's Booker Prize, include Tropical Fish by Doreen Baingana of Uganda; Tindi in the Land of the Dead by Ike Okonto of Nigeria; The Obituary Tango by Jamal Mahjoub of Sudan and Jail Birds by South African Mutual Naidoo. This anthology collects the winner and the shortlisted stories, together with stories written at the Celtel Caine Prize Writers' Workshop held near Naivasha in Kenya earlier this year.