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Posts By: Adriel Onwukwe

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CONVERSATIONS WITH SU’EDDIE VERSHIMA AGEMA

I have known Su’eddie for over five years now and I am so delighted to be speaking to him after my long hiatus from The Afro Reader. In this interview, he talks to us about his life as a writer and the gratitude he feels on being shortlisted for the NLNG Prize for Literature, 2022! Enjoy!

  • October 13, 2022
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • INTERVIEWS

A BOOK THAT CHANGED THE WAY I SEE MYSELF, MY COMMUNITY & THE WORLD (PART...

I wrote part of this last year. I never got around to sharing it. Today felt like the perfect day to do so! Enjoy! * My family had a fortnightly ritual. On Saturdays of each fortnight, my mother would take…

  • September 20, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • ESSAYS

Notes On Grief: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nothing prepared me for the deeply personal essay written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It was published in The New Yorker on the 10th of September, 2020 and I remember taking breaks to stop myself from breaking down. Reading it felt like…

  • September 15, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • ESSAYS

Conversations with Michael Afenfia

Prior to reading The Mechanics of Yenagoa, I had never read any work by Michael Afenfia. However, in 2018, I bought one of his books – Don’t Die On Wednesday – for a friend on his birthday. I was mainly…

  • September 12, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • INTERVIEWS

Conversations With Olaoluwa Oni

I first heard of Olaoluwa Oni four years ago. She took part in Brittle Paper’s I LOVE AFRICAN LITERATURE WRITING CONTEST and won! Prior to reading The yNBA, I had never read any Nigerian legal fiction. I dare say, The yNBA by…

  • August 17, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • INTERVIEWS

A prizewinning novelist, a bad concussion and loss of memory during the...

Chimamanda Adichie first mentioned this fall when she wrote about her father’s death on her social media pages. In this essay, she fully explores the fall, the concussion, the hospital staff and the anxiety following the fall. Reading it got…

  • August 10, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • ESSAYS

Prof. James Nwoye Adichie, Father of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Passes on…

I like to think of myself as a Chimamandian. So imagine the sadness that overwhelmed me when I heard that her father had passed on. It felt so personal. Chimamanda has always talked about her father with a fondness that…

  • June 16, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

What to expect from Chidiogo Akunyili’s Book – The Flight of the...

Today marks the 6th year since Dora Akunyili passed. We remember her today and all her outstanding achievements. Dora Akunyili was an internationally renowned pharmacist, pharmacologist, scholar, seasoned administrator and a visionary leader. Prior to her appointment as the minister…

  • June 7, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

Conversations with Paul Ugbede

When Paperworth publishers sent me a copy of Piece&Pieces, I didn’t know what to expect from the book as I had never read any work written by the author. Reading this book was quite an experience. I enjoyed reading it….

  • May 19, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • INTERVIEWS

Amara, Gender Equality and Children Writing: Chimee Adioha x Ada Chioma Ezeano

From her bedroom in Onitsha, Ada Chioma Ezeano sends out an email of questions to Chimee Adioha, who has written a children’s book called AMARA. She asks about his venture into writing, about the feminist undertones in the book, about…

  • April 9, 2020
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
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