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Saheed Aderinto (born 1979), author and academic; Akin Adesokan, novelist and scholar; Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969), poet; Tomi Adeyemi (born 1993), novelist and writing coach; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), novelist and poet; S. A. Afolabi (born 1966), novelist, short-story writer; Adebayo Kolawole, poet; Adedayo Agarau (born 1994 ...
Post 2010 Nigerian literature focuses on real life in metropolitan Nigeria and the influence of social networks on Nigerian social life. Among the younger Nigerian authors is Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, who won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best debut novel with I Do Not Come to You by Chance in 2010. It describes the story of a young ...
List of Nigerian writers This page was last edited on 15 September 2024, at 20:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Boubacar Hama Beidi (born 1951), educator, author, and politician; Boubou Hama (1906–1982), politician and writer; Hawad (1950– ), Tuareg poet currently living in France; Hélène Kaziende (1967– ), teacher, journalist and short story writer [1] Salihu Kwantagora (1929– ), songwriter and poet
Chinua Achebe (1930–2013), Nigeria; ... Monique Ilboudo (born 1959) is an author and human rights activist from, Burkina Faso; Jowhor Ile (born 1980), Nigeria;
Black Orpheus was "a journal of African and Afro-American literature" established in 1957 by university professor Ulli Beier. [5] It was produced in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was groundbreaking as the first African literary periodical in English, publishing poetry, art, fiction, literary criticism, and commentary. [6]
Since the early 1990s, several novels have been published to mark the advent of the third generation of Nigerian writers. During this time, some Nigerian writers wrote breakaway literature writings, which were quite different from the norm; such writings include: The Famished Road (1991) by Ben Okri, The Icarus Girl (2005) by Helen Oyeyemi, GraceLand (2004) by Chris Abani and Masters of the ...
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is a non-profit organization that promotes Nigerian literature. It represents Nigerian creative writers at home and abroad. It was founded in 1981 by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe as its president. [1] [2] The immediate past President is Alhaji Denja Abdullahi.