Lola Akande is a Nigerian academic and fiction writer. She has published four novels, including the award-winning ''What It Takes'', and her latest book, ''Suitors Are Scarce In Lagos.''

Life and career

Akande was born on 3 October 1965 in Kwara state, Nigeria. She teaches African literature in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts,

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. Her first novel, ''In Our Place'', was published in 2012 by Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited, which was subsequently followed by ''What It Takes'', which was published in 2016. In 2020, she published a short story collection, which was nominated for the ANA Prize in 2022.

Published works

Lola Akande has published three works of fiction, a monograph and several academic publications.

Novels

* Akande, Lola. 2018. ''Where Are You From?'' Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. * Akande, Lola. 2016. ''What It Takes'' Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. * Akande, Lola. 2012. ''In Our Place'' Ibadan: Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited

Short stories

* Akande, Lola. 2019 "I Fixed It" published in the anthology: Sisi Eko. Lagos:

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* Akande, Lola. 2013 "Camouflage" published in the anthology: Dream Chasers. Ibadan: Nelson Fiction

Monograph

Akande, Lola. (2019) The City in the African Novel - A Thematic Rendering of Urban Spaces. Lagos: Tunmike Pages

Awards

Her work, ''What It Takes'' in 2017 earned her the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction.

References

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