Tag: Chibundu Onuzo
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Chibundu Onuzo’s novel “The Spider King Daughter” now available in Italian.
Chibundu Onuzo’s debut novel The Spider King Daughter is now available in Italian as La figlia del Re Ragno. Chibundu Onuzo, who started writing at 17, is the youngest woman to be offered a two-book deal by Faber at 19. Her debut novel The Spider King’s Daughter (2012) came with the following blurb; “The Spider…
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Africans on UK’s Royal Society of Literature Under 40 Fellows.
The UK’s Royal Society of Literature has selected its 40 Fellows under the age of 40 with a strong contingent of writers with African roots. These are Bola Agbaje, Sabrina Mahfouz, Nadifa Mohamed, Chibundu Onuzo, Irenosen Okojie, Inua Ellams, and Warsan Shire. Last year the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Literature announced an initiative to…
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Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” at 60 celebration
Chinua Achebe’s work Things Fall Apart at 60 was celebrated with readings by some of the most well-known African writers working today at the South Bank Centre in London, UK on April 15, 2018. In 1958, Things Fall Apart by Nigeria author Chinua Achebe was published. The novel chronicled pre-colonial life in Nigeria and the…
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Long Story Short; Chibundu Onuzo reading next
I’ve talked about this hot new literary event called Long Story Short which is the brainchild of Kgauhelo Dube and curated by Yewande Omotoso. The idea is that instead of having the prose only in the written form the word is read by some of the people who are leading in the performing arts. These…
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Cynthia Jele short story to kick off Long Story Short Project
There are so many events in and around the African Literature sphere in the very recent. One of the ones which I have been tracking and that interests me very much is the Long Story Short project which is the brainchild of Yewande Omotoso. Omotoso for the uninformed most recently was announced as one of…
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Chibundu Onuzo joins sister in Nigerian election song.
Dinachi Onuzo is a Nigerian musician who was born in Lagos but is now based in London, England. The musician plays a blend of jazz, folk, highlife, and gospel. Dinachi Onuzo is the sister of one of our favourite Nigerian writers Chibundu Onuzo and Sahara Reporters are reporting that the two have come out with…
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Chibundu Onuzo on the Baga, Nigeria attacks
Chibundu Onuzo is a Nigerian writer with one novel to her name; The Spider King’s Daughter. If you read my review of the book you will know that I am a big fan. A statement she gave on her blog on what has happened in recent times has me even more enthusiastic about her. Her…
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A review of Chibundu Onuzo’s The Spider King’s Daughter
Book: The Spider King’s Daughter Author: Chibundu Onuzo Publisher: Faber and Faber Year of publication: 2012 Number of pages: 286 This story has two main characters. On the one hand is seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson the favourite daughter of a very rich fellow living in Lagos, Nigeria. Her life is a very high-end affair and as…