
Chigozie Obioma
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Akure |
Nigeria | |
Alma maters | Cyprus International University |
University of Michigan | |
Job | Author |
Education | Cyprus International University |
University of Michigan | |
Books | An Orchestra of Minorities |
An Orchestra of Minorities -- Free Preview | |
The Fishermen | |
The Native Hurricane | |
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ID | 534019 |
Chigozie Obioma Life story
Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer and assistant professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has been called, in a New York Times book review, "the heir to Chinua Achebe. " In 2015, he was named one of "100 Global Thinkers" by Foreign Policy magazine.
Booker Prize 2019: Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie, both on the shortlist

... Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, Elif Shafak, and the US author Lucy Ellmann are also available for the price...
The Papers: Pact 'to oust PM' and EU told 'back down'

... Much of the Guardian s front page is given over to a picture of the American writer, Toni Morrison - the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature - The picture is accompanied by a quote from the author, Chigozie Obioma, saying that, until her death, she was the greatest living American writer...
Five things about Nigeria: The super power, without power

... Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature, And contemporary authors such as Chigozie Obioma, Helon Habila, Chibundu Onuzo Sefi Atta and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani keep the tradition, just to mention a few of those who drew prizes...