Early Life and Background Aina Onabolu was born in 1882 in Ijebu-Ode, present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. He grew up during the late colonial period, when European artistic forms dominated and
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Early Life and Background Rotimi Babatunde was born in Oyo State, Nigeria, and grew up surrounded by Yoruba culture and storytelling traditions. He studied at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, where
Early Life and Background A. Igoni Barrett was born in 1979 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, to a Nigerian mother and Jamaican father, the novelist Lindsay Barrett. Growing up
Early Life and Background Chuma Nwokolo was born on 12 June 1963 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, to Igbo parents. He studied Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)
Early Life and Background Abubakar Adam Ibrahim was born on 4 August 1979 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Though he hails from northern Nigeria, his upbringing in the cosmopolitan city
Early Life and Background Lola Shoneyin (full name: Oluwaseyi Abidemi Shoneyin) was born on 26 February 1974 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. She is the youngest child in a prominent
Early Life and Background Nnedi Okorafor was born on 8 April 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, to Igbo parents from Nigeria. She grew up in both America and Nigeria, traveling
Early Life and Background Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was born in 1976 in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria, and grew up in Umuahia, Abia State, in a family that valued education and storytelling.
Early Life and Background Elnathan John was born on 4 February 1982 in Kaduna, northern Nigeria. He grew up in a multilingual, multicultural environment that exposed him to Hausa and
Early Life and Background Chibundu Onuzo was born on 16 June 1991 in Lagos, Nigeria, into a large family. She attended Corona Schools in Lagos before moving to the UK
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