African Literature on Instagram is so much fun to curate. It allows us to tell the story of contemporary African fiction through images. [Click HERE to see the ones you’ve missed] This week’s edition welcomes Chibundu Onuzo, the newest inductee into the African literary instagang. You can find her at @chibundu.onuzo. Onuzo is a UK-based Nigerian […]
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Video | Nigerian Novelist Chibundu Onuzo Partners with Global Cosmetic Brand Clinique
Chibundu Onuzo has always inspired us with her no-slouch, ambitious approach to things. So we are not at all surprised that top cosmetic brand Clinique featured her in their #faceforward campaign. Onuzo became a Faber and Faber signee at 18, making her the youngest writer to be signed by the major publishing powerhouse. Her novel […]
Exclusive Brittle Paper Interview | Chibundu Onuzo Speaks About Her New Novel, Nollywood, And Lagos As A City of Romance
Interesting stuff keeps coming out of the Nigerian literary scene, the most recent of which is the publication of Chibundu Onuzu’s Spider King’s Daughter by prestigious British publishing house, Faber and Faber. Spider King’s Daughter is a dark love story set in Nigeria’s megalopolis, Lagos. From the moment I started reading the novel, I knew […]
Book Review: A Lagos Romance
It’s near impossible to read a novel in one sitting these days. Between twitter, Facebook, and real life, who has the time and focus it takes to do such a thing? But a few days ago, I read Chibundu Onuzo’s The Spider King’s Daughter in one blow. Not an extraordinary feat, though, since Spider King’s Daughter is an irresistible […]
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