Chigozie Obioma

About

Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian novelist born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria. He is internationally recognised for fiction that combines Nigerian history and culture with folklore, mythology, and philosophical questions about fate and human responsibility. His debut novel, The Fishermen (2015), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several awards, including the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. His second novel, An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Obioma’s work has been translated into numerous languages and has established him as a prominent voice in contemporary African literature. The Road to the Country (2024), his third novel, revisits the Nigerian Civil War through the experiences of a young man searching for his missing brother. Alongside his literary career, Obioma has taught creative writing at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the University of Georgia.