List of Nigerian writers

List of Nigerian -born and for the most part published writers.

A

• Chris Abani ( b. 1966 )
• Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)
• Remi Adedeji ( b. 1937 )
• Toyin Adewale
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( b. 1977 )
• Akachi Adimora - Ezeigbo
• Tolu Ajayi
• Zaynab alkali
• T. M. Aluko (1918-2010)
• Elechi Amadi
• Ifi Amadiume
• Sefi Atta

B

• Simi Bedford
• Biyi Bandele -Thomas

C

• John Pepper Clark
• Teju Cole

E

• Cyprian Ekwensi (1921-2007)
• Buchi Emecheta ( born 1944 )
• Olaudah Equiano ( 1745? -1797 ), Born in what is now Nigeria, died in USA

F

• Daniel O. Fagunwa
• Funmilayo Fakunle
• Dan Fulani

B

• Helon Habila (born 1967 )

I

• Chukwuemeka Ike
• Uzodinma Iweala
• Festus Iyayi (1947-2013)

J

• Samuel Johnson

M

• Amina Mama
• Michel Millard

N

• Martina Awele Nwakoby ( b. 1937 )
• Nkem Nwankwo ( b. 1936 )
• Victor Nwankwo (1944 )
• Flora Nwapa (1931-1993)
• Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

O

• Eno Obong
• Molara Ogundipe - Leslie
• Tanure Ojade
• Gabriel Okara ( b. 1921 )
• Christopher Okigbo
• Ifeoma Okoye
• Ben Okri (* 1959 in Minna / Nigeria North )
• Kole Omotoso
• Osonye Tess Onwueme ( b. 1955 )
• Femi Osofisan
• Sola Osofisan
• Niyi Osundare
• Helen Ovbiagele ( b. 1944 )
• Helen Oyeyemi

R

• Ola Rotimi (1938-2000)

S

• Ken Saro -Wiwa (1941-1995)
• Omowunmi Segun
• Zulu Sofolo ( b. 1935? / 1938? )
• Wole Soyinka ( b. 1934 ), was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize

T

• Amos Tutuola (1920-1997)

U

• Françoise Ugochukwu, who was born in France
• Adaora Lily Ulasi (* 1932)

W

• Ugonna Wachuku ( b. 1971 ), lives in Geneva / Switzerland since 1996

Y

• Labo Yari

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