In her ‘80s-set debut novel, Tomorrow I Become a Woman, a young woman is caught between her needs for approval from both society and herself.
By Paula Willie-Okafor
Paula Willie-Okafor
Paula Willie-Okafor is a staff writer at Open Country Mag. She is a student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where she is custodian of The Writers’ Community (TWC). Her writing has appeared in Kissing Dynamite Magazine and Praxis Magazine.
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He leaves behind a solid legacy, including the movie Fifty, the Netflix series Blood Sisters, a Fela Kuti documentary, and adaptations of work by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Wole Soyinka.
By Paula Willie-Okafor
The anthology, published by Jacana Media and edited by the chair of the award panel Otosirieze Obi-Young, includes work by Roy Udeh-Ubaka, Ukamaka Olisakwe, Moso Sematlane, Chisom Okafor, Halim Olaposi, Sheena Magenya, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, and more.
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An investigative feature in Airmail traced the American Nigerian writer’s history of taking without attribution.
By Paula Willie-Okafor
In the US, the 73-year-old’s novel Where the Crawdads Sing has sold 12 million copies and is now a film. In Zambia, she and her family are wanted for questioning for murder.
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The collection, his seventh, has been praised for how it “emanates grit and beauty” and is “spiritual, philosophical, personal, and deeply affecting.”
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The Grove Atlantic imprint, which is also open to unagented writers, is further paying $2,000 for essays for its newsletter.
By Paula Willie-Okafor
Send work to Frontier Poetry, Palette Poetry, Rattle Poetry, Isele, and Afreada.
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“I needed to write something that takes advantage of the rich nuances in my own culture,” said the Graywolf Press Africa Prize-winning author of The House of Rust.
By Paula Willie-Okafor
The issue surrounds a short film she worked on with him and the Malian artist Abdou Ouloguem. Both men, she said, created a hostile and sexist atmosphere for her.
By Paula Willie-Okafor
