2020
The Death of Vivek Oji
What does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew? One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son’s body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet.
Akwaeke Emezi
Nigerian writer and artist acclaimed for genre-defying novels, memoirs, and explorations of identity.
Career
Author; Fiction; Memoir
Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
Igbo, Tamil
Additional Languages
English
Pronouns
They/Them
About
- Origin / Ethnicity / Heritage
- Igbo, Tamil
- Pronouns
- They/Them
- Location
- Aba, Abia State, Nigeria
- Additional Languages
- English
Literature
2018
Freshwater
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self.