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Akwaeke Emezi

Otosirieze Obi-Young, Akwaeke Emezi, Oyinkan Braithwaite Nominated for Inaugural The Future Awards Africa Prize for Literature

by Brittle Paper

Features• News October 09, 2019

Laila Lalami, Scholastique Mukasonga, & Akwaeke Emezi Are Finalists for the 2019 National Book Awards

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Features September 27, 2019

Mental Health: 8 Books by African Authors You Should Read

by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Contact Us• Features• Fiction• Fiction - Anthology• News• Nonfiction• Nonfiction - Scholarly March 22, 2019

African Literary Digest: 101 Notable Pieces of 2018

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• News March 04, 2019

Oyinkan Braithwaite, Diana Evans, Akwaeke Emezi Longlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• News March 08, 2018

15 Authors, 19 Novels: An African History of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features• News January 20, 2018

“My Friends and Family Know I’m Not a Woman”: Akwaeke Emezi on Figuring Out They are Transgender

by Otosirieze Obi-Young

Features January 12, 2018

Akwaeke Emezi Photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue Magazine

by Ainehi Edoro