by Emmanuel Esomnofu
Written last year, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is about a Nigerian artist in love and grief. Outlier Society is Michael B. Jordan’s company.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Emmanuel Esomnofu is a staff writer at Open Country Mag. He is a culture journalist and has written extensively on Nigerian music and on several moving parts of popular culture. His writing appears online in Native Mag, Okay Africa, Kalahari Review, Praxis Magazine, and elsewhere. He was published in print in The Muse, the oldest student journal in West Africa. In December 2020, he worked on “Fuji: A Opera” as a copywriter, creating informative and exciting stories from Fuji’s rich history.
Posts by Emmanuel Esomnofu
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
“The truth is, I’ve been trying to write this novel for years,” the British Sudanese author tells us. “I wanted to write about the impact of cultural fascism on artists, painters and musicians.”
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
In his debut collection, the Nigerian poet exults in the beauty of queer bodies even in pain. His voice is prophetic and tourist, filled with experience and wonder.
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
Edited by Desiree Lewis and Gabeba Baderoon, the country’s first essay collection on contemporary Black feminisms features Panashe Chigumadzi, Sisonke Msimang, and Yewande Omotosho.
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
Inspired by the rediscovery of his first published short story in 1996, the publications begin a critical revival of the titanic writer’s fiction.
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
The revered Kenyan, who writes in Gikuyu, is also the prize’s first nominee as both author and translator of the same book.
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
Manifesto: On Never Giving Up is the Booker Prize winner’s 9th book and first nonfiction.
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
The Booker Prize winner appears on the first song off There Is No End, a posthumous album celebrating the late Afrobeat drummer.
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
“This year’s short story prize was centred on Identity,” the organisers said. “The judges selected stories that were original, well crafted, and reflected the theme of the prize.”
by Emmanuel Esomnofu
Watch season 2’s pilot with the South African writer in which they discuss writing, race, xenophobia, and filmmaking.
