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The Thing Around Your Neck is a short-story collection by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published in April 2009 by Fourth Estate in the UK and by Knopf in the US. It received many positive reviews, including: "She makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong" (Daily Telegraph); [1] "Stunning.
Buchi Emecheta OBE (born Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta [florens oɲebut͡ʃi emet͡ʃeta]; 21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian writer [1] who was the author of novels, plays, autobiography, and children's books.
The short stories also each work in harmonic nature to tell the stories of Nigerian women, life, and how they are raised. The short story in particular that incorporated gender norms of what a girl is expected to be compared to what she chooses to be is specifically explored in the story “Light” in which the father and mother cannot agree ...
His short story Flying was shortlisted again in 2015. [44] His first novel Born on a Tuesday was published in 2016 and traces the shaping of adolescents through experiences of violence. [ 45 ] He was shortlisted for the NLNG Literary Award, Nigeria's most prestigious literary prize, and shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Award in ...
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Civil Peace is a 1971 short story by Chinua Achebe. It is about the effects of the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) on the people and the "civil peace" that followed. Plot summary
A story from the collection, "The Phoenix", won the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition. [6] His second collection of stories, Love Is Power, or Something Like That, was published by Graywolf Press in 2013; [7] according to The Boston Globe, the collection "pulses with an indomitable life force that is, by turns, tender and fierce". [8]
She wrote her first story as a college sophomore and made the setting of her story Nigeria. [7] Her stories place black girls in important roles that are usually given to white characters. [12] Okorafor cites Nigeria as "her muse" as she is heavily influenced by Nigerian folklore and its rich mythology and mysticism. [12]