Authors from Nigeria

Júlio Dantas
Júlio Dantas
Authors, Politicians

Júlio Dantas, GCC (Lagos, 1876 - Lisboa, 1962) was a Portuguese doctor, poet, journalist, politician, diplomat and dramatist. The son of a military officer, he studied at Lisbon's Colégio...

Buchi Emecheta
Buchi Emecheta
Authors

Dr. Buchi Emecheta is a prolific African novelist who has published over 20 books, plays and shorts, including the seminal works, Second-Class Citizen , The Bride...

Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Authors

Chinua Achebe , born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on 16 November 1930, is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic. He is best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart ,...

Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
Authors

Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. Some consider him Africa's most distinguished playwright, as he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986,...

Amos Tutuola
Amos Tutuola
Authors

Amos Tutuola was a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. Tutuola was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1920, where his parents Charles and...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Authors

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an acclaimed Nigerian writer. She comes from Abba in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. She was born in the town of Enugu but grew up in the university...

Bola Ige
Bola Ige
Authors

James Ajibola Idowu Ige (September 13, 1930 - December 23, 2001) simply known as Bola Ige was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He became Federal Minister of Justice for Nigeria. He was...

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