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List Of Nigerian Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Nigeria or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A *Hafsat Abdulwaheed (born 1952), author, poet, writing in Hausa * Dadasare Abdullahi (1918–1984), first female journalist from Northern Nigeria, non-fiction writer, educator * Catherine Acholonu (1951–2014), researcher, author, playwright, socio-political activist, professor *Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988), novelist, short story writer * Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (born 1963), human rights activist, non-fiction writer *Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer * Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo * Abimbola Alao (active since the 1990s), non-fiction writer, short story writer, translator *Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 1983), short story writer *Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), princess, poet, teacher *Sefi Atta (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, playwright * Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer * Ayo Ayoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Esehagu
Rosemary Esehagu (born 15 November 1981) is a Nigerian writer. She was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, to a family of six children. In 1997, she came to the United States to advance her education. She attended Williams College, a prestigious liberal arts school in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she earned a BA in Psychology. Her first novel, '' The Looming Fog'', was published in 2006. She lives in the District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ... and is finishing her second novel. References External links Rosemary Esehagu blogRosemary Esehaguat the Internet Book List 1981 births Living people Nigerian women novelists Writers from Lagos 20th-century Nigerian novelists 21st-century Nigerian novelists 20th-century Nigerian women writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Nwapa
Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993), was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African literature, African Literature. She was the forerunner to a generation of African women writers, and the first African woman novelist to be published in the English language in Britain. She achieved international recognition with her first novel ''Efuru,'' published in 1966 by Heinemann Educational Books. While never considering herself a feminist, she was best known for recreating life and traditions from an Igbo people, Igbo woman's viewpoint.Susan Leisure"Nwapa, Flora" Postcolonial Studies @ Emory, Emory University, Fall 1996. She published African literature and promoted women in African society. She was one of the first African women publishers when she founded Tana Press in Nigeria in 1970. Nwapa engaged in governmental work in reconstruction after the Nigerian Civil War, Biafran War; in particular, she worked with orphans and refug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Nwakoby
Martina Awele Nwakoby (born 1937) is a Nigerian writer. Early life and education Martina Nwakoby was born in Ogwashi-Uku and was educated in Niger, in Birmingham, at the University of Pittsburgh and at the University of Ibadan, receiving a PhD in literary studies from the latter institution. Career She was described as one of the Nigerian female writers who dare to "challenge the dominant paradigm" in an article preview titled "Nigerian Female Writers: A Critical Perspective" edited by Henrietta C. Otokunefor and Obiageli C. Nwodo in 1989. Nwakoby was on the list of Nigerian women writers whose works have been marginally represented in the nation's literary scene. She was also described as one of Nigeria females to move "into a journey of relevance; a journey of redemption, strongly suspecting woman is under siege of perpetual domination." This made her a devoted feminist and one of the second-generation writers and critics in Nigeria from the 1970s. She has lectured at Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkiru Njoku
Nkiru Njoku (born 1980) is a Nigerian screenwriter, writer and video producer. She is the head writer of M-net's ''Tinsel'', a Nigerian soap that started airing in 2008. In 2016 Njoku was the head content producer of ''Project Fame West Africa''. Screen shot from MTV Shuga Alone Together Ep. 52 directed by Njoku. Sol (Ayanda Makayi) talks to his sister Thuli Njoku was one of the lead writers on MTV Shuga Alone Together in 2020 where she wrote and remotely directed the actors in some of the 70 nightly episodes. Njoku wrote the final episode and it was directed by the other lead writer Tunde Aladese. See also * List of Nigerian film producers This is a list of notable Nigerian film producers. * Abdalla Uba Adamu * Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II * Adekunle Adejuyigbe * Ado Ahmad Gidan Dabino * Afro Candy * Aisha Augie-Kuta * Akanimo Odon * Akin Ogungbe * Remi Abiola * Toyin Abraha ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Njoku, Nkiru Living people Nigerian screenwriters Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Miri
Angela Freeman Miri is a Nigerian Professor who became the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Lokoja in 2017. She is a professor of English and a published poet also. Life Miri did her PhD in English with her specialization in African and English Literatures, Gender Studies and Creative Writing from the University of Jos The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a Federal University in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. History What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. .... In 2004 Malthouse published a collection of over 40 of her own poems titled "Running Waters and other poems". Professor Angela Freeman Miri has acquired immense administrative and working experiences both within and outside the University System. She has served in various establishments and held various positions of responsibilities which include membership of Plateau State Executive Council, Presidential ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Sarah Ladipo Manyika is a British-Nigerian writer of novels, short stories and essays and an active member of the literary community, particularly supporting and amplifying young writers and female voices. She is author of two well received novels, '' In Dependence'' (2009) and ''Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun'' (2016), as well as the non-fiction collection ''Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora'' (2022), and her writing has appeared in publications including ''Granta'', '' Transition'', ''Guernica'', and '' OZY'', and previously served as founding Books Editor of ''OZY''. Manyika's work also features in the 2019 anthology ''New Daughters of Africa''. Early life Sarah Manyika was born and raised in Nigeria. She has also lived in Kenya, France, Zimbabwe, the United States, and Britain. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is British. Career Manyika studied at the Universities of Birmingham (UK), Bordeaux (France), and California (Berkel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amina Mama
Amina Mama (born 19 September 1958) is a Nigerian-British writer, feminist and academic. Her main areas of focus have been post-colonial, militarist and gender issues. She has lived in Africa, Europe, and North America, and worked to build relationships between feminist intellectuals across the globe. Background Mama was born in northern Nigeria in 1958 in a mixed household. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is English. According to Mama, her eclectic family background and upbringing has shaped her worldview. In 1992 she married Nuruddin Farah, with whom she has two children. She grew up in Kaduna, an ethnically and religiously diverse town in northern Nigeria. Her ancestral roots on her paternal side trace back to Bida. Several members of Mama's family were involved in the development of the post-colonial local educational system.Amina Mama interviewed by Elaine Salo, "Talking about Feminism in Africa", reproduced in ''Women's World'' from ''Agenda'', "African Feminisms I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen King-Aribisala
Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born Guyana) is a Nigerian novelist, and short story writer. She is a Professor of English at the University of Lagos. Education She was educated at the International School Ibadan, St. George's British International School, Italy (where she met her future husband; Femi Aribisala), and the London Academy of Dramatic Arts. Works *''Our Wife and Other Stories'', Malthouse Press, 1990, ; Ottawa, Canada: Laurier Books, 2004, *'' Kicking Tongues'', Heinemann, 1998, *''The Hangman's Game'', Peepal Tree, 2007, * ''Bitter Leafing Woman and Other Stories'', Malthouse Press, 2017. Prizes and awards Her collection of stories, ''Our Wife and Other Stories'' won the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book Africa, and her novel ''The Hangman's Game'' won 2008 Best Book Africa. She also won grants from the Ford Foundation, British Council, Goethe Institute The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Irabor
Betty Irabor (born March 25, 1957) is a Nigerian columnist, philanthropist, writer, publisher and founder of ''Genevieve'' magazine. She previously had a column in ''Black & Beauty'' magazine in the United Kingdom. She also has a foundation that promotes breast cancer awareness, early detection and treatment. Career Irabor studied English in university and then ventured into publishing. She worked as a journalist at Concord Newspapers, took freelance writing jobs at the ''Vanguard'', ''The Guardian'', '' This Day'' as well as ''Black & Beauty'' magazine and others abroad. She later ventured into telecommunications. In 2003 she founded the glossy magazine ''Genevieve Magazine'', which has been described as "Nigeria's leading inspirational and lifestyle magazine". It is headquartered in Lekki, with a staff of fourteen. Ten issues are published each year. The magazine website focuses on celebrity news. Irabor is the editor-in-chief and chief executive officer. In 2018 her mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Isichei
Elizabeth Allo Isichei (born 1939 in Tauranga, New Zealand) is a Nigerian author, historian and academic. Her parents are Albert (an agricultural scientist) and Lorna Allo. On 23 July 1964 she married Uche Peter Isichei (a chemical pathologist) and they have five children. In 1959 she earned her BA from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, B.A. In 1961 she completed her M.A. at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and in 1967 she completed her PhD at Oxford University. She was a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Otago. She has been a professor in the Department of History, University of Jos in Jos, Nigeria since 1976. She is the general editor for ''Jos Oral History and Literature Texts''. Her works and books are centred on Christianity in Africa and the history of Nigeria The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok culture which b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bassey Ikpi
Bassey Ikpi is a Nigerian-born American spoken-word artist, writer, and mental health advocate. She has appeared on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry five times and her poetry has opened shows for Grammy Award-winning artists. She's also the New York Times bestselling author of '' I'm Telling The Truth But I'm Lying''. In 2020 she judged the ''Indiana Review'' Creative Nonfiction Prize. She also features on the OkayAfrica's 100 Women campaign 2020 honoree list, which celebrates women building infrastructure for future African generations. Early life and work Ikpi was born in Ikom, Cross River State, Nigeria, on August 3, 1976, to a Nigerian family who were originally from Ugep. When she was four years old, she relocated with her parents to the Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States where she lived until she was 13. Then she moved to Greenbelt, Maryland, a suburb of Washington DC. She attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to study English. While in colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |