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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

My novel, Blessings, is out in the world today. I tell you, there are no words in the world to describe how I feel.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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15 days

This boy just defended his Master’s thesis! This boy is now an advanced degree holder! Say hello to this boy! 👦 🙈

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1 year

Oh stop it CNA 🙈

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2 years

The cat is finally out of the bag. Looking for the nearest corner to bawl my eyes out 🙃

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2 years

"His talent is unmistakable." @VikingBooksUK has scooped 22-year-old @ChukwuebukaIbe4 's "miraculous" début Blessings, which tells the story of a young gay man’s coming-of-age in 2010s Nigeria. Read here:

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6 months

Pressure 🤦🏿

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1 year

I got balloons 🎈😊 23. Only gratitude 🙏 💕

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

8 months

Pleased to announce that I’ve been nominated for the Dean’s Award for Graduate Research Excellence by the School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University. I come from a stellar program with very bright minds, any of whom would have been very deserving. Absolutely honored.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 years

Hello 🙂

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

Currently in London for a couple readings and signings. Get ‘Blessings’ from a bookstore near you.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 years

Never too late to mention that I’m in at the incredible @MFA_WUSTL where I get to study with some really cool geniuses and write my heart’s fill. Been a really long road to this point and I’m humbled everyday by the kindness and generosity of everyone who made this happen ❤️.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

3 months

Happy.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

Early proof copies of my novel are out and I’m crying because it’s just the most beautiful thing out there. But don’t take my word for it. Take Chimamanda’s (third slide). Pre-order here:

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

Igbo gospel >>>>

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

4 years

It's midnight and the writing isn't going so well, so I'm here recalling when Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told the whole world that my writing had a 'certain delicacy to it, so wonderfully observant, and so beautiful' ❤ The workshop experience never leaves you 🤗

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

I had my first-ever public event for my novel in Lagos yesterday. Hard to put into words the depth of my gratitude at the turnout, the punctuality, and to the warm, lively, sweet, provocative, interesting people I met. I am nothing without all those who made this possible ♥️.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

1 year

Now when you put it like that… @brittlepaper 🥰🙏

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

11 months

Thrilled to announce that my debut novel “Blessings” is now available for pre-order. I’ve been staring at this cover endlessly and you can’t possibly convince me it’s not the most beautiful thing out there in the world right now. Pre-order here:

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

1 year

Got a book deal for my first novel with a major UK publisher Got a fully-ride scholarship to study in a major US university. Scheduled to deliver a Ted Talk Lived 😊

Diji The Great.

@directordiji

1 year

~ What’s the highlight of 2022 for you? Biggest win in 2022? Share them 👇🏼🤔

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

4 years

If you like a writer's work, please tell them. The creative process can be incredibly lonely and frustrating and depressing. Little exaltations, however redundant, go a long way. Creatives don't always admit to this, but it's true.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

or whatever the cool kids say.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

Face card.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

Dua Lipa’s book club includes ‘Blessings’ as one of its recommended reads for 2024. Wake me up from this dream! 🙈💕😊

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

🤼

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4 months

It’s my birthday 🙂 🎂

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

Window spread of ‘Blessings’ in Amsterdam!

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 years

This year, I got contacted by one of the world’s leading literary agencies -Janklow & Nesbit- with an offer of representation. To be a young writer residing in Nigeria and have this opportunity is beyond stupefying. Absolutely floored. A sure highlight of the year ❤️

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

It’s supposed to be a normal, boring Sunday morning until a package arrives with proof copies of your debut novel. Now your long-awaited baby is here and what more can you do but find a corner to sob? Pre-order here:

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

Took a mini tour of London today to sign copies of Blessings and chat briefly with some wonderful (mostly independent) booksellers. What a special treat it was to see my book on window displays. 🥰

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

On #WorldBookDay , my gift to you 📚 💞

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

1 year

My baby sister was today named Overall Best Student at the College of Nursing Sciences’ capping ceremony. She had a score of 831.25, with a least score of 76 in all ten subjects. Proud 💪 ❤️

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

1 month

Winter wonder 💭

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 years

I have a novel out from @VikingBooksUK in 2024. It’s my hidden, pleasurable secret for so long and I’m thrilled beyond words to finally share it with you my friends ❤️🙃

Viking scoops ‘miraculous’ début by Ibeh in exclusive submission

Viking has scooped a “miraculous” début by 22-year-old Chukwuebuka Ibeh, which tells the story of a young gay man’s coming-of-age in 2010s Nigeria.

www.thebookseller.com

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 years

We casually live our wildest dreams man. 👌🏿

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

9 months

I bring you good tidings and *BLESSINGS*

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

My fiction colleagues @MFA_WUSTL made a cake to celebrate the launch of Blessings, and I need a corner to weep 😭 ❤️💐

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 years

I got balloons 🎈 😊. Here’s to 22.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

5 months

If e fine pass like this, arrest am 🤓.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

7 months

In my *thick* era 🤟🏿

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

3 years

My grandfather’s pre-civil war home, built around the 1940s, mostly from his salary as a local headmaster. A tiny, but grand apartment which housed 10 children, withstood the carnage that was the Nigeria-Biafra war and survived to this day with little repairs.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

4 years

@IamLexpel @Mochievous Shower who with love? Teachers are not well paid in Nigeria but you don't see them go about killing students? Saying pay the police better so that they stop killing us is absurd.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

1 year

🥳🥳🥳

WashU Arts & Sciences

@WUSTLArtSci

1 year

The debut novel from Chukwuebuka Ibeh, a first-year MFA student in fiction, will be published in March 2024 by Viking UK. #WashU @MFA_WUSTL

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

1 year

Now that it’s official, elated to announce that my novel Blessings have been sold to @doubledaybooks (US), @VikingBooksUK (UK), @PenguinCanada (Canada), @sfischerverlage (Germany), and @Ediciones_Urano (Spain). I’ll be back with details when I finish sobbing my heart’s fill.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

10 days

Felt cute. Might receive an award later 🙂

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

8 months

WORLD STOP! ZADIE SMITH is currently reading my novel and recommends it to readers. And that’s all the information I need today to find a corner and weep 😭 ❤️❤️. Pre-order here:

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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23 days

❤️

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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7 months

You guys!!! I just woke up to the news that I’ve been selected for the Spruceton Inn Artist Residency in New York, and I’m positively screaming!!!

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

4 months

Too early to countdown to the publication of Blessings? 💝

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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5 months

Final days 🍃

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

7 months

Sooooo thrilled to share the US cover for my novel Blessings, which still features my favorite art and aesthetic, with a surprise, delightful twist. The US edition is now available for pre-order via: Pls pre-order!

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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1 year

Microfiction Reading, Fall 2022

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

8 months

That went well, I think.😇

Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

8 months

Teaching my first class tomorrow, and reminded of myself at 18, getting *the* acceptance email for my first fiction workshop that quite literally changed my life, and the scream that nearly gave my poor grandma a heart attack. Excited for the new venture. Wish me Godspeed 🤞.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

7 months

Via @brittlepaper ❤️🙈

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

My novel, ‘Blessings’, was just included in Dua Lipa’s ( @DUALIPA ) Service95, as one of the books you should read in 2024. Time to cut the show cos my heart can’t take it anymore 😭💕.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

3 years

I graduated yesterday 🙃

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

So excited to announce that ‘Blessings’ will be published in Nigeria tomorrow (Thursday) from @masobebooks ! Even more exciting - I have a reading in Lagos this Saturday and a Q & A shortly after! The event is free to attend, and copies will be available. See flier for details.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

11 months

My novel *finally* has a cover 🥹 🎉 Please pre-order here:

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@ChukwuebukaIbe4

7 months

Making mama proud. Or whatever the kids say 🌚🙈

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

Blessings is out in Nigeria today! This is at its core a very Nigerian story, and I’m so glad that the people from whom the characters were drawn can now get to have it in their hands. Get copies here. I’ll be signing!

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

5 months

Fall weather 🌸

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

6 months

My novel, Blessings, will be available in German from @sfischerverlage . Really humbled to be on a list with the spectacular Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Adichie, and to introduce Obiefuna’s story to readers all over the world 😀. Pre-order here:

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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3 months

“Blessings” @GuardianBooks “Ibeh’s extraordinarily composed and deeply felt debut ultimately asks a different question. Its protagonist faces a difficult and universal challenge: how do we rise from broken beginnings and find better ways of nurturing ourselves?”

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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2 months

Can finally confirm that I’ll be in Abuja this Saturday to complete the mini-tour for Blessings. I’ll be reading and signing copies and taking questions from audiences. Please come around let’s have a chat 🙂. Details in flier.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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3 months

One month until my novel hits the shelves. PRE-ORDER!

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7 months

❤️🤟🏿

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5 months

Feeling like the luckiest boy in the world to * finally * announce that my debut novel will be published in Nigeria via @masobebooks . I’ve longed admired the good work and people at Masobe and it’s such a honor to join the stellar list 💝.

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4 months

My novel, Blessings, is one of Esquire’s picks for 2024. Humbled and thrilled ✨

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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2 months

So pleased to announce Port Harcourt as the next tour stop for Blessings. I grew up in this wild, regenerating city and most of the novel is set there. Such a pleasure to be able to read there! Come with a friend!

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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8 months

Teaching my first class tomorrow, and reminded of myself at 18, getting *the* acceptance email for my first fiction workshop that quite literally changed my life, and the scream that nearly gave my poor grandma a heart attack. Excited for the new venture. Wish me Godspeed 🤞.

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

@ChukwuebukaIbe4

2 months

Doing this tour thing for the first time and some people booked flights to attend, some traveled across states, took time off very busy work schedules. Not to mention those who bought bulk copies to distribute, those who recommended for book clubs, those who wish me well. Dalu.

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5 months

Less than a year after completion, my novel is sold in six territories and two foreign languages so far. Constant worrying about the future makes this slip my mind, but occasionally, this fact - literally my wildest dreams - astonishes me 🫣

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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14 days

So honored to be selected as a student speaker at the WashU Graduation/Hooding Ceremony. What a privilege 🌟.

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1 year

Hey friends! Join the party 🎉

Chukwuebuka Ibeh's Forthcoming Novel Secures Film Agent and 4 International Book Deals

Nigerian author Chukwuebuka Ibeh, who used to be a staff writer on Brittle Paper, has some good news. Ahead of the 2024 publication of his debut novel Blessings, he has signed four additional...

brittlepaper.com

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3 years

❤️

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4 months

Do like this 🙌🏿 when you see it.

Viking Books UK

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6 months

Fancy a little taster of the books we have in store for 2024? From unmissable debuts and swoonworthy romances to thrillers you won't be able to put down, it's shaping up to be a brilliant year in publishing! Sign up to register your interest:

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1 year

Meet the generous folks who make me writing better than it is 🤓.

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2 months

Sincerest gratitude to Port Harcourt readers who turned up in their numbers to read with me; they made me laugh, argue, agree. A city and people close to my heart ❤️.

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3 years

My short story, ‘Miracle’, is a finalist for the 2021 J. F. Powers Prize for Fiction. This story was a true labour of love and I am beyond thrilled to have it recognized in this manner ❤️

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17 days

The German edition of Blessings is out next week from @sfischerverlage !

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8 months

Just because 🤷🏿‍♂️

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5 months

The spectacular David Nicholls recommends my novel to readers and that’s all the joy I need today 💝.

David Nicholls

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5 months

I get sent more books than I can ever read but want to give a shout out to some of the great new titles that have come my way, so please do browse and pre-order those that appeal. 'Blessings' by @ChukwuebukaIbe4 is a coming-of-age novel about love and loneliness set in Nigeria...

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Chukwuebuka Ibeh

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2 months

Set out to do a small Lagos event for my novel. Ended up doing three ( plus TV & radio interview). Thank you to everyone who showed up, got a copy of the book, shared a story or a laugh, invited me for things, got the word out somehow. I am nothing without your generosity ❤️.

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1 year

Generous feature from the good guys at WashU Arts & Sciences 🤓😊

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1 year

🕺

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1 year

The film rights to my novel Blessings will be represented by TV/Film agent, Penni Killick, at The Artist Partnership. Killick has worked on such projects as “The Anatomy of A Scandal”; The Artist Partnership is reputed as one of the biggest leading talent agencies in the UK. 🌺

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1 month

What a day this was 🥹❤️. Thanks to everyone who showed up!

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2 years

All seasons.

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2 years

Innocent.

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3 years

Dear young writer, Invest the time you use in scavenging for ‘mentors’ into reading, reading and more reading. And then writing. It’s the only way to learn.

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1 year

Privileged to be selected as a Tedx Speaker for the 2023 TEDx WUSTL themed “Xpression”. My talk, themed “What are African Values” will discuss why African values and progressive ideologies should not be mutually exclusive. Tickets here:

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2 months

In conversation with @AFREADA Read here:

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3 years

Big-ish news. Just joined the incredible team at Studio Styles as a researcher. In the coming months, I’ll (hopefully) find myself across Southern Nigeria, documenting archival and historical projects, for the purpose of research. Wish me luck 😊

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3 years

Exciting announcement coming 👀 😊

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4 years

My own president 🙂

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1 year

Because I’m loved by @brittlepaper 💓

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2 months

Read an excerpt of ‘Blessings’ from AFREADA:

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1 year

Peng.

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3 years

@EmiMekks @miss_chibaby @NewsWireNGR You’re speaking from both sides of your mouth. One hand you say the law appears “targeted at a particular gender” and on the other hand you say it’s not a gender issue?

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Well well, guess who made the news? 🥳

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2 months

Recently spoke to @nelsoncj3 about ‘Blessings.’ for @OkayAfrica . Read here:

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I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful Okechukwu Nzelu ( @NzeluWrites ) on March 18, courtesy of the good people @FaneProductions . Register here for free:

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🥳 @MFA_WUSTL

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