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This is a list of notable poets from Nigeria This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Ijeoma Umebinyuo is a Nigerian poet. She is considered one of Sub-Saharan Africa's best modern poets. [1] Her short stories and poems have appeared in publications such as The Stockholm Review of Literature, [2] The Rising Phoenix Review [3] and The MacGuffin. Her TEDx talk was called "Dismantling The Culture of Silence". [1]
Karen King-Aribisala, short-story writer, novelist and academic; Yemisi Aribisala (born 1973), essayist and food memoirist; Nana Asmau (1793–1864) Odafe Atogun, writer; Sefi Atta (born 1964), novelist, short-story writer and playwright; Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), novelist and playwright; Theophilus Olabode Avoseh (born 1908), historian
Nigerian literature may be roughly defined as the literary writing by citizens of the nation of Nigeria for Nigerian readers, addressing Nigerian issues. This encompasses writers in a number of languages, including not only English but Igbo , Urhobo , Yoruba , and in the northern part of the county Hausa and Nupe . [ 1 ]
Hélène Kaziende (1967– ), teacher, journalist and short story writer [1] Salihu Kwantagora (1929– ), songwriter and poet; Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993), poet, novelist and trade unionist; Ide Oumarou (1937–2002), politician, diplomat and writer; Samira Sabou (born 1981), journalist and blogger
In 2009, she received the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award (NNOM) for lifetime achievements. [8] In 2015, the Society of Young Nigerian Writers under the leadership of Wole Adedoyin founded the Mabel Segun Literary Society, aimed at promoting and reading the works of Mabel Segun. [9] In 2007, Segun was awarded the LNG Nigeria Prize for ...
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Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-born British poet and novelist. [1] Considered one of the foremost African authors in the postmodern and post-colonial traditions, [2] [3] Okri has been compared favourably to authors such as Salman Rushdie and Gabriel García Márquez. [4]