Chika Unigwe

Chika Unigwe, born and raised in Nigeria, is the author of, among other books, On Black Sisters Street (Jonathan Cape, 2009; Random House, 2012) and Night Dancer (Jonathan Cape, 2013). A new collection of short stories is forthcoming from Cassava Republic, and a story appears in the anthology Lagos Noir (Akashic Books, 2018). She was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2004. A PhD in English from the University of Leiden, she was a 2016 Bonderman Assistant Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University and will be a 2018 visiting assistant professor of creative writing at Emory University. (updated 10/2018)