Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo

Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo is a Nigerian author and educator, whose published work includes novels, poetry, short stories, books for children, essays and journalism.[1] She is the winner of several awards in Nigeria, including the Nigeria Prize for Literature.[2]

Biography

Adimora-Ezeigbo was born in Eastern Nigeria, gaining a BA and MA in English from the University of Lagos and a PhD from the University of Ibadan. She started teaching at the University of Lagos in 1981 and became professor of English in 1999. She has taught in this university, in the Department of English, since 1981.

She is the author of several books, including novels, collections of short stories and children's books. Her 2011 novel Roses and Bullets has been described as one of the most captivating and realistic of Biafran war literature.[3] Among the awards she has received in Nigeria is the Nigeria Prize for Literature, of which she was joint winner in 2007 for her children's book My Cousin Sammy.[2][4]

Personal life

She is married to Professor Chris Ezeigbo and they have three children.[5]

Selected bibliography
  • Rhythms of Life: Stories of Modern Nigeria – short stories (1992)
  • The Last of the Strong Ones – novel (1996)
  • Rituals and Departures – short stories (1999)
  • House of Symbols – novel (2001)
  • Children of the Eagle – novel (2002)
  • My Cousin Sammy (2007)
  • Heart Songs – poems (2009)
  • Waiting for Dawn – poems (2010)
  • Roses and Bullets – novel (2011)

See also

    References
    1. Geoffrey Kwadwo Gyasi, "Interview with Nigerian Writer, Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo", Munyori Literary Journal, via Geosi Reads, 22 August 2013.
    2. "Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo", African Books Collective.
    3. Sola Adeyemi, "Of Roses and Bullets: Re-reading Reality and Illusion in Post Biafra Literature", Femi Osofisan's Word, 11 January 2020.
    4. "The Nigeria Prize for Science and The Nigeria Prize for Literature", Nigeria LNG Limited.
    5. Chris Onuoha, "Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo: When the writer is being written about", Vanguard, 19 August 2017.

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