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His short story Flying was shortlisted again in 2015. His first novel Born on a Tuesday was published in 2016 and traces the shaping of adolescents through experiences of violence. He was shortlisted for the NLNG Literary Award, Nigeria's most prestigious literary prize, and shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Award in 2017.
Relatives. Ransome-Kuti family. Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka Hon. FRSL ( Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka ( pronounced [wɔlé ʃójĩnká] ), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in ...
ISBN. 978-0-307-37523-0. 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.
Things Fall Apart is the debut novel of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe first published in 1958. [1] It depicts the events of pre-colonial life in Igboland (modern-day southeastern Nigeria) and the subsequent appearance of European missionaries and colonial forces in the late 19th century. It is seen as an archetypal modern African novel in ...
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 [ edit ]
Ayo Bankole was born in Jos, Nigeria, into a musical family: his father, Theophilus Abiodun Bankole was an organist and Choirmaster at St. Luke's Anglican Church in Jos. His mother was a music instructor for several years at Queen's School, Ede, Osun State, a Federal government high school. Bankole studied in London at the Guildhall School of ...
Hubert Ogunde. Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde D.Lit. ( // ⓘ; 10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria, the African Music Research Party, in 1945. Hubert Ogunde changed the name to Ogunde Theater Party in 1947 and ...
Spouse. Gboyega Ransome-Kuti. Website. www .sefiatta .com. Sefi Atta (born January 1964) is a Nigerian-American novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter. [1] Her books have been translated into many languages, her radio plays have been broadcast by the BBC, and her stage plays have been performed internationally.