Chigozie Obioma Quotes

Chigozie Obioma is a Nigerian writer. He is best known for writing the novels The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities , both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize in their respective years of publication. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages.As of 2021, Obioma is James E. Ryan Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Wikipedia  

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“There are some rhetorical moves that I wouldn’t be able to make if I didn’t know these languages. In terms of writing figurative language, I probably pull a lot from Yoruba imagery…”

On his first novel The Fishermen in “'Why Jay?': Chigozie Obioma on the haunting death that inspired his novel” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/18/chigozie-obioma-why-do-my-stories-end-this-way-honestly-i-want-to-write-a-feelgood-story- in The Guardian (2019 Jan 18)

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