Essays, Articles and Reviews:
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- Crude Reality, A Review of How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue. The New York Review. July 21, 2022. Essay. Continue Reading…
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- “Coming to Lagos”. Of This Our Country. London, Harper Collins, 2021. Essay. Continue Reading…
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- “Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, by Akwaeke Emezi”. Guardian, UK. July 29, 2021 – Review- Continue Reading…
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- “Inside the Mind of an Islamic Extremist. Khalil by Yasmin Khadra. ” The New York Times. March 2, 2021. – Review- Continue Reading…
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- “The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – a slave’s story.” Guardian, UK. London. January 30, 2020. – Review- Continue Reading…
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- “Home and ‘Travelers.’ ” Powell Original Essays. 2019. -Essay- Continue Reading…
- “African Epic: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James.” Literary Review, UK. 2019. Review. Continue Reading…
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- “The Real Berlin: A Traveler’s Journey Beyond the Grim Spy Clichés.” Wall Street Journal. August 9, 2019 – Article. Continue Reading…
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- –“The Future of African Literature.” Published in Journal of the African Literature Association, 13, 2019 – Issue 1. Essay. Continue Reading…
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- “House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tschuma review.” Guardian Newspaper. London. August 9, 2018. – Review. Continue Reading…
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- “The Separation Wall.” Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation. Edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. New York: HarperCollins, 2017. pp. 293-307. Essay.
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- “Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo review – high hopes, big city.” Guardian Newspaper. London. January 18, 2017. Review. Continue Reading…
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- “Eat the Heart of the Infidel review – the Harrowing of Nigeria and the rise of Boko Haram by Andrew Walker.” Guardian Newspaper. London. June 10, 2016. Review. Continue Reading…
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- “A Family trip back to Nigeria, Post-Boko Haram.” Guardian Newspaper. October 17, 2015. Essay. Continue Reading…
- “Giving Shape to One’s Universe.” Writing a First Novel: Reflections on the Journey. Editor, Karen Stevens. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. pp.129-137. Essay.
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Short Stories
- “Beautiful.” adda Journal of Commonwealth Writing. December, 2016. Read…
- “A Man of the People.” Guernica magazine. December, 2012. Read…
- “The Second Death of Martin Lango.” Guardian Newspaper. London. September 7, 2011. Read…
- “The Hotel Malogo.” Virginia Quarterly Review. Spring 2007. pp. 191-203. Read…
- “My Uncle Ezekiel.” Virginia Quarterly Review. Summer 2004. pp. 124-135. Read…
Poems
- “Three Seasons: Poems for Edna.” Fathers & Daughters: An Anthology of Exploration. Edited by Ato Quayson. Oxford: Ayebia Press, 2008. pp. 71-73.
- “The Day of the Dead”. The Cuirt Annual. Galway, Ireland. 2005.
- “After the Obsession” and “Birds in the Graveyard”. 25 New Nigerian Poets. Editor, Toyin Adewale. Berkeley: Ishmael Reed Pub. 2000. pp. 13-16.
Lectures/Papers Delivered:
- Panel Presentation. On The Environmental Novel. AWP Conference. Philadelphia. April, 2022.
- Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor, International Writing Program, University of Iowa. Nov. 2, 2021
- Betty Jean Craig Lecture (Virtual), University of Georgia, Athens. Title: “Searching for Home: Africans in Europe”. March 4, 2021.
- Keynote Lecture (Virtual) Conference. Title: “The Environment of African Literature”. Africa@2050: Imagining Climate Future. St. Andrews University, Scotland, UK. June 30, 2021.
- “The Future of African Literature.” Keynote Lecture at the African Literature Association Conference, Washington DC, 2018. Published in Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol. 13, 2019 – Issue 1.
- “Travel and Identity.” Lecture at Savvy Contemporary Gallery, Berlin Germany, September, 2018. Lecture.
- “Religion and Politics in Contemporary Nigerian Literature.” St Anselm College, New Hampshire, Speakers Series. October 17, 2018. Lecture.
- “Art and Activism.” Hope College, PA, Clarence De Graaf Lecture. November 28, 2018. Lecture.
- “Reflections on the African Novel.” Lecture at The Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. January, 2013.
- “Literature as a Way of Seeing.” Keynote address, Writers Unlimited Festival. The Hague, Netherlands. 2012.