Nationality Nigerian Role Author Name Ukamaka Olisakwe | Period 2010–present Ethnicity Igbo Books Eyes of a Goddess | |
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Born 24 October 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-10-24 ) Occupation Novelist, short story writer,screen writer | ||
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Ukamaka Olisakwe (born 24 October 1982) is a Nigerian feminist author, short-story writer, and screenwriter.
Contents
- You could stop the next maternal death statistic ukamaka olisakwe tedxgarki
- On the Map 2016 Ukamaka OLISAKWE Nigeria
- Personal life and education
- Writing career
- Lectures
- Recognition
- Novels
- Short stories
- Articles
- References
On the Map 2016: Ukamaka OLISAKWE (Nigeria)
Personal life and education
Ukamaka Olisakwe was born and raised in Kano State, Northern Nigeria. Her parents are from Eastern Nigeria. She completed her secondary education in Northern Nigeria and subsequently earned a degree in Computer Science from Abia State Polytechnic, in Aba, Nigeria.
She is married to George Nwanosike Olisakwe and they live in Eastern Nigeria with their three children.
Writing career
Olisakwe's debut novel, Eyes of a Goddess, was published in 2012.
She has written numerous short stories and articles, most of which have appeared in blogs and online journals, including Olisa.tv, Saraba, Sentinel Nigeria and Short Story Day Africa. She has been featured in the BBC. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times and various magazines including the Nigerian Telegraph and African Hadithi. She wrote the screenplay for The Calabash, a television series produced and directed by Obi Emelonye and premiered in January 2015 on Africa Magic Showcase. Olisakwe administers the blog for the "Writivism Mentorship Programme", a project of the Centre for African Cultural Excellence, and was a co-facilitator at the Lagos Workshop. She was a guest and panel member at the 2014 Ake Arts and Books Festival and the Hay Festival. She was also a delegate at the 8th Pan African Congress, which was held in Ghana.
Olisakwe was selected as one of the 39 most promising writers under the age of 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa and the diaspora, in the Africa39 project – a Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club initiative in celebration of the UNESCO World Book Capital 2014. Olisakwe's Africa39 entry, This Is How I Remember it, was described by one reviewer as "a clear-eyed account of a girl's romantic awakening in Nigeria" and a story "so good it leaves us wanting more". Another reviewer described her entry as a "gripping story about adolescent romance, deception and yearning".
In 2016, Olisakwe was a resident at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program.
Lectures
Olisakwe was a guest at the 2015 Writivism Festival in Kampala, Uganda, where she taught a fiction master-class. On 28 May 2015, she spoke on how "You Could Stop The Next Maternal Death Statistic" at TEDxGarki.