Tares Oburumu is a poet, essayist, and playwright whose work explores history, identity, religion, migration, and the effects of colonialism on the African experience. He won the 2022 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry for his book Origins of the Syma Species. He is also a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a recipient of the GAP...
Ogaga Ifowodo is a lawyer, poet, writer, activist, and columnist. He is the author of six poetry collections, including Homeland and Other Poems, which won the 1993 ANA Poetry Prize; Madiba, winner of the 2003 ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize; and The Oil Lamp, winner of the 2005 ANA/Gabriel Okara Poetry Prize. His collections A Good Mourning...
James Ngwu Eze is a poet, journalist, cultural organiser, and communications strategist. His debut poetry collection, dis-possessed, won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize in 2020 and was longlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2022. As a solo artist, he released two extended plays, Open Secret and Exhale, exploring themes of...
Born in Bristol and raised in Lagos (Corona School, Queens College, University of Lagos), Nikki May is Anglo-Nigerian and loves both her homes fiercely.
Chigozie Obioma was born in Akure, Nigeria. His two previous novels, The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities, were both finalists for the Booker Prize.
Oyin Olugbile is a Nigerian-born author and cultural storyteller whose work boldly reimagines African myths, matriarchal power, and spiritual memory.
Obari Gomba is the playwright of "Grit", a 2023 Shortlist of Three of The Nigeria Prize for Literature (Drama Category)
Henry Akubuiro is the playwright of Yamtarawala, the Warrior King, a 2023 Shortlist of Three of The Nigeria Prize for Literature (Drama Category)
Abideen Abolaji Ojomu is the playwright of The Ojuelegba Crossroads, a 2023 Shortlist of Three of The Nigeria Prize for Literature (Drama Category)
