With the 2019 Africa Writes Festival coming in July, AFREADA magazine has announced its third annual contest in partnership with the UK’s biggest African literature event. The AFREADA x Africa Writes Competition will see participants develop a story about social class based on a passage from the festival co-headliner Chigozie Obioma’s second novel An Orchestra […]
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Chigozie Obioma Treats Madison to An Orchestra
As part of the Wisconsin Book Festival, Chigozie Obioma was in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 6, 2019 to discuss his latest offering, An Orchestra of Minorities. The Wisconsin Book Festival is an annual celebration of literary creativity in Madison, Wisconsin. The festival hosts writers every year and draws people from neighboring Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, and […]
Chigozie Obioma Opens Up About His Life as a Reader
Congratulations to Chigozie Obioma! His second novel An Orchestra of Minorities was published yesterday. Sometime last month, Obioma had shared a deeply personal essay on his journey as a reader. Read here if you missed it. A few days ago, he was featured on the high profile interview series run by the New York Times. […]
Event | An Evening with Chigozie Obioma and Kwame Dawes at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Ahead of the release of his second novel An Orchestra of Minorities, Chigozie Obioma will be in conversation with Kwame Dawes at the Johnny Carson Center in Downtown Lincoln, NE on January 8, 2019. The event, themed “An Evening with Chigozie Obioma and Kwame Dawes,” is sponsored by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Department of English and the Office […]
Read the First Review of Chigozie Obioma’s New Novel, An Orchestra of Minorities
What we have waited for months: the first review of Chigozie Obioma’s An Orchestra of Minorities. The arrival of Obioma’s 464-page second novel is one we tracked for over a year: from when Little, Brown acquired rights to it in May 2017 to the cover and publication date reveal in January of this year. Originally slated […]
See the Cover and New Publication Date for Chigozie Obioma’s Second Novel, “An Orchestra of Minorities”
Chigozie Obioma, on Facebook days ago, unveiled the cover for his forthcoming second novel, the beautifully-titled An Orchestra of Minorities. We do not know who the cover designer is but this is a beautiful one. In May 2017, we announced the book’s acquisition by Little, Brown for release in 2019. That date, however, has changed: An […]
Little, Brown Acquires Rights to Chigozie Obioma’s Beautifully-titled Second Novel
Nigeria’s Booker-shortlisted author of The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma, has had his second novel acquired by the publishing house Little, Brown for release in 2019. The beautifully titled An Orchestra of Minorities will, according to The Bookseller, be “about the life of a troubled young poultry farmer who sacrifices everything to win the woman he loves.” […]
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