Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe, Nadifa Mohamed and Abeer Y. Hoque | The Afropolitans

The Afropolitans: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe, Nadifa Mohamed and Abeer Y. Hoque
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a Nigerian writer. His debut novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms, won the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature. His short story collection, The Whispering Trees, was longlisted for the Etisalat Prize for Literature and shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing.
Chika Unigwe was born in Nigeria. She is the author of four novels, including On Black Sisters Street, and Night Dancer. Her short stories and essays have appeared in various journals. Her works have been translated into many languages including German, Polish, Japanese, Hebrew, Italian, Hungarian, Spanish and Dutch. A recipient of several awards, she lives and works in the USA.
Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa in 1981. Her first novel, Black Mamba Boy, won the Betty Trask Prize, was longlisted for the Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the PEN Open Book Award. In 2013, she was selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. Her second novel, The Orchard of Lost Souls, won a Somerset Maugham Prize and the Prix Albert Bernard, was longlisted for The Dylan Thomas Prize and shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. In 2017, she was selected as one of Freeman’s Journal’s ‘Future of New Writing’.
Abeer Y. Hoque is a Nigerian-born Bangladeshi-American writer and photographer. Her books include The Long Way Home, a travel photography and poetry monograph, The Lovers and the Leavers, a collection of linked stories and the memoir Olive Witch. See more at olivewitch.com.
The Afropolitans:
Sometimes Africa seems to make the headlines only for wars, famines and poverty, Four of the new Africa’smost exciting writers would beg to differ. AbubakarAdam Ibrahim. Chika Unigwe and Nadifa Mohamed read from their work and discuss the present and future of contemporary African literature with Abeer Y. Hoque.
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