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December 6, 2024

The Prodigious Arrival of Arinze Ifeakandu

In an era of unearned hype, the novelistic short stories of God’s Children Are Little Broken Things established him as a major talent, earning him the Dylan Thomas Prize. But as potent as fiction is in combating queer erasure, he believes in the supplement of living openly.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Arinze Ifeakandu for Open Country Mag

July 25, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu Signs US and UK Deals for Debut Novel Say You’re Here (Exclusive)

The manuscript in progress has been acquired by Scribner in the US and W&N in the UK.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Arinze Ifeakandu by Lawren Simmons for ID UK

April 4, 2023

With God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Arinze Ifeakandu Garners Breakout Acclaim

Ahead of its release in Nigeria, the collection about gay men just won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for the US and Canada: a highlight in a series of recognition from the Kirkus Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Story Prize, and the Lambda Awards.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Arinze Ifeakandu by Lawren Simmons for ID UK

September 10, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu Leads Shortlist for $50,000 Kirkus Prize

The debut Nigerian author’s short story collection, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, has seen him compared to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith and praised by Damon Galgut.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

June 14, 2022

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu Review—A Momentous Debut of Gay Love and Human Fullness

“This book is lush with evocative passages. So real are the characters, you could almost reach out and touch them.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu

June 10, 2022

Photos: Arinze Ifeakandu’s Book Launch in New York City (Exclusive)

The Nigerian writer was in conversation with Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, discussing his debut short story collection God’s Children Are Little Broken Things.
Open Country Mag
Photos from Arinze Ifeakandu's Book Launch by Ebenezer Agu (42)

May 31, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu: Book Launch & Event Dates for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Including chats with Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, bestselling novelist Xochitl Gonzalez, and writers Jonathan Lee, Gbenga Adesina, Ebenezer Agu, and Hannah Eko.
A Public Space
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

April 29, 2022

After 4-Way Auction, W&N Acquires UK Rights to Arinze Ifeakandu’s “Future Classic”

The author of God’s Children Are Broken Little Things is “destined to join the ranks of artists such as Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

February 8, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu, Eloghosa Osunde, TJ Benson Shortlisted for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Art & Literature

The three have books forthcoming this year.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

December 11, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

Edmund White praised it as “the beginning of a brilliant career.” Adam Haslett called the book “heartbroken but pulsing with life” and Ifeakandu “a major talent.”
Uzoma Ihejirika
Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

December 2, 2021

Cover Reveal: Arinze Ifeakandu’s God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

The collection of stories about Nigerian gay men, which arrives June 2022, is now available for pre-order.
Otosirieze
Arinze Ifeakandu's short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things. Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio. Art by Jah Grey.

May 20, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu to Feature in A Public Space’s Short Story Month Conversation

The event, to be moderated by the magazine editor Megan Cummins, will also have Sara Majka and Ada Zhang.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Arinze Ifeakandu by Santiago Sanchez.

December 26, 2020

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, About Queer Nigerian Men, Acquired by A Public Space Books

The Nsukka-educated, Iowa-trained writer hopes for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things to join in “insisting upon [the] existence” of LGBTQ Nigerians.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Arinze Ifeakandu by Santiago Sanchez.

December 29, 2022

60 Notable Books of 2022

From Warsan Shire, Romeo Oriogun, and Safia Elhillo to Arinze Ifeakandu, Akwaeke Emezi, NoViolet Bulawayo, and Chinelo Okparanta: our second annual highlight of the top titles of the year by African writers.
Open Country Mag
The Notable Books of 2022

February 2, 2022

Anticipated Books of 2022

From NoViolet Bulawayo and Arinze Ifeakandu to Warsan Shire and Romeo Oriogun, here are over 50 books expected to lead the literary conversation.
Open Country Mag
The Anticipated Books of 2022

November 29, 2025

Ikenna Okeh’s Quest for Authenticity

To tell their stories, the author of Yahoo! Yahoo! imitates his characters. If he writes about scammers, he wants readers to suspect him of scamming. Why should Nigerian literature not be as relatable as its music? And why, as director of the Puebla International Literature Festival, should he not want writers to take an ethical stand?
Victor Ebubechukwu Orji
Ikenna Okeh. Credit: Puebla Literary Festival.

November 3, 2025

In Great Grief, Mubanga Kalimamukwento Saw Her Country

As a child, no one told the writer and attorney how her family died. She has since compressed her resilience into acclaimed novels, nonfiction, poetry, and Ubwali, a magazine shaping Zambian literature.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Mubanga Kalimamukwento, a lawyer, sees fiction as her “final form” of storytelling. Original image credit: Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún.

August 25, 2025

“Shatter That Silence”: A Nonfiction Prize Honours Stories of Women’s Lives

The Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction is “not just about beautiful sentences and essays” but also “a world where girls and women are equipped and empowered.” Founder Mofiyinfoluwa O. and 2024 Award winner and runner-up Mariam Tijani and Ifeoluwa Ajike Williams reflect on courage, contemplative exploration, and catharsis.
Ada Nnadi
Abebi Award founder Mofiyinfoluwa O. and the honoured writers.

June 6, 2025

32 Books in 63 Years: Your Guide to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Body of Work

The late great Kenyan writer produced full-length work in all genres except poetry, capturing the tensions between colonizer and colonized, orality and literacy, and tradition and modernity.
Victor Ebubechukwu Orji
Your guide to Ngugi wa Thiong'o's body of work

February 4, 2025

JK Anowe, a Confessional Poet, Confronts Himself

Working from fragments, the reclusive poet led a wave of young Nigerian voices situating the self and mental states. Now his “schizo poetry” is evolving, drawing from Igbo cosmology.
Iheoma Uzomba
JK Anowe by Amina Khan

December 6, 2024

Arinze Ifeakandu for Open Country Mag

The Prodigious Arrival of Arinze Ifeakandu

In an era of unearned hype, the novelistic short stories of God’s Children Are Little Broken Things established him as a major talent, earning him the Dylan Thomas Prize. But as potent as fiction is in combating queer erasure, he believes in the supplement of living openly.
Paula Willie-Okafor

July 25, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu by Lawren Simmons for ID UK

Arinze Ifeakandu Signs US and UK Deals for Debut Novel Say You’re Here (Exclusive)

The manuscript in progress has been acquired by Scribner in the US and W&N in the UK.
Paula Willie-Okafor

April 4, 2023

Arinze Ifeakandu by Lawren Simmons for ID UK

With God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Arinze Ifeakandu Garners Breakout Acclaim

Ahead of its release in Nigeria, the collection about gay men just won the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize for the US and Canada: a highlight in a series of recognition from the Kirkus Prize, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Story Prize, and the Lambda Awards.
Paula Willie-Okafor

September 10, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

Arinze Ifeakandu Leads Shortlist for $50,000 Kirkus Prize

The debut Nigerian author’s short story collection, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, has seen him compared to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith and praised by Damon Galgut.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

June 14, 2022

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu Review—A Momentous Debut of Gay Love and Human Fullness

“This book is lush with evocative passages. So real are the characters, you could almost reach out and touch them.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

June 10, 2022

Photos from Arinze Ifeakandu's Book Launch by Ebenezer Agu (42)

Photos: Arinze Ifeakandu’s Book Launch in New York City (Exclusive)

The Nigerian writer was in conversation with Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, discussing his debut short story collection God’s Children Are Little Broken Things.
Open Country Mag

May 31, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

Arinze Ifeakandu: Book Launch & Event Dates for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Including chats with Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, bestselling novelist Xochitl Gonzalez, and writers Jonathan Lee, Gbenga Adesina, Ebenezer Agu, and Hannah Eko.
A Public Space

April 29, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

After 4-Way Auction, W&N Acquires UK Rights to Arinze Ifeakandu’s “Future Classic”

The author of God’s Children Are Broken Little Things is “destined to join the ranks of artists such as Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 8, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

Arinze Ifeakandu, Eloghosa Osunde, TJ Benson Shortlisted for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Art & Literature

The three have books forthcoming this year.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 11, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

Edmund White praised it as “the beginning of a brilliant career.” Adam Haslett called the book “heartbroken but pulsing with life” and Ifeakandu “a major talent.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 2, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu's short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things. Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio. Art by Jah Grey.

Cover Reveal: Arinze Ifeakandu’s God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

The collection of stories about Nigerian gay men, which arrives June 2022, is now available for pre-order.
Otosirieze

May 20, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu by Santiago Sanchez.

Arinze Ifeakandu to Feature in A Public Space’s Short Story Month Conversation

The event, to be moderated by the magazine editor Megan Cummins, will also have Sara Majka and Ada Zhang.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

December 26, 2020

Arinze Ifeakandu by Santiago Sanchez.

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, About Queer Nigerian Men, Acquired by A Public Space Books

The Nsukka-educated, Iowa-trained writer hopes for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things to join in “insisting upon [the] existence” of LGBTQ Nigerians.
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 29, 2022

The Notable Books of 2022

60 Notable Books of 2022

From Warsan Shire, Romeo Oriogun, and Safia Elhillo to Arinze Ifeakandu, Akwaeke Emezi, NoViolet Bulawayo, and Chinelo Okparanta: our second annual highlight of the top titles of the year by African writers.
Open Country Mag

February 2, 2022

The Anticipated Books of 2022

Anticipated Books of 2022

From NoViolet Bulawayo and Arinze Ifeakandu to Warsan Shire and Romeo Oriogun, here are over 50 books expected to lead the literary conversation.
Open Country Mag

November 29, 2025

Ikenna Okeh. Credit: Puebla Literary Festival.

Ikenna Okeh’s Quest for Authenticity

To tell their stories, the author of Yahoo! Yahoo! imitates his characters. If he writes about scammers, he wants readers to suspect him of scamming. Why should Nigerian literature not be as relatable as its music? And why, as director of the Puebla International Literature Festival, should he not want writers to take an ethical stand?
Victor Ebubechukwu Orji

November 3, 2025

Mubanga Kalimamukwento, a lawyer, sees fiction as her “final form” of storytelling. Original image credit: Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún.

In Great Grief, Mubanga Kalimamukwento Saw Her Country

As a child, no one told the writer and attorney how her family died. She has since compressed her resilience into acclaimed novels, nonfiction, poetry, and Ubwali, a magazine shaping Zambian literature.
Paula Willie-Okafor

August 25, 2025

Abebi Award founder Mofiyinfoluwa O. and the honoured writers.

“Shatter That Silence”: A Nonfiction Prize Honours Stories of Women’s Lives

The Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction is “not just about beautiful sentences and essays” but also “a world where girls and women are equipped and empowered.” Founder Mofiyinfoluwa O. and 2024 Award winner and runner-up Mariam Tijani and Ifeoluwa Ajike Williams reflect on courage, contemplative exploration, and catharsis.
Ada Nnadi

June 6, 2025

Your guide to Ngugi wa Thiong'o's body of work

32 Books in 63 Years: Your Guide to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Body of Work

The late great Kenyan writer produced full-length work in all genres except poetry, capturing the tensions between colonizer and colonized, orality and literacy, and tradition and modernity.
Victor Ebubechukwu Orji

February 4, 2025

JK Anowe by Amina Khan

JK Anowe, a Confessional Poet, Confronts Himself

Working from fragments, the reclusive poet led a wave of young Nigerian voices situating the self and mental states. Now his “schizo poetry” is evolving, drawing from Igbo cosmology.
Iheoma Uzomba

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