Chris Abani bibliography

The bibliography of Chris Abani lists works by Nigerian author Chris Abani.

Novellas

• Masters of the Board (1984). Enugu: Delta publishers ^[1]
• Sirocco (1987). Nigeria: Swan publishers ^[2]
• GraceLand (February 15, 2004). New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN   9780374165895 ^[3]
• Becoming Abigail (2006). New York: Akashic Books ISBN   9781888451948 ^[4]
• Song for Night (2007). New York: Akashic Books ISBN   9781933354316 ^[5]
• The Virgin of Flames (2007). New York: Penguin ISBN   9780143038771 ^[6]
• The Secret History of Las Vegas (2014). New York: Penguin ISBN   9780143124955 ^[7]

Memoir

• The Face: Cartography of the Void (2013). New York: Restless Books ISBN   9781632060143 ^[8]

Short story collection

• Lagos Noir (June 5, 2018). Brooklyn, US: Akashic Books ISBN   9781617755231 ^[9]

Poetry collections

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• Kalakuta Republic (2000). London: Saqi Books
• Daphne's Lot (2003). Los Angeles: Red Hen Press
• Dog Woman (2004). Los Angeles: Red Hen Press
• Hands Washing Water (2006). Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press
• Sanctificum (2010). Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press
• There Are No Names for Red (2010). Los Angeles: Red Hen Press
• Feed Me the Sun: Collected Long Poems (2010). Leeds: Peepal Tree Press
• Smoking the Bible (May 17, 2022). Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press ISBN   9781619322547 ^[12]

Plays

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• Room at the Top (1985 TV play). Nigeria: Imo State Broadcasting Station
• Song of a Broken Flute (1990 performance play). Nigeria: Imo State University (directed by Abani)
• The Poet, The Soldier, The Lover and The Paper-Kite Maker (2003 performance play). Los Angeles, USA: The Actors' Gang (directed by Abani and Antonia Carneval).

Screenplays

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• Fela! (2010). Nigeria: Focus Features and Film 4
• The Last King of the Jews (2014)
• Death and the King's Horseman (2016)

Articles and essays

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• "The Lion" (1978). Owerri, Nigeria: Statesman Newspaper
• "Jazz Petals" in Burning Words, Flaming Images: Poems and Short Stories by Writers of African Descent (1996) by Kadija Sesay. London: SAKS Publications, pp. 22-27.
• "Becoming Abigail" in IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (2000) by Courttia Newland and Kadija Sesay. London: Hamish Hamilton, pp. 247-253.
• "Such Sweet Thunder" (2002). StoryQuarterly
• "Weeping Madonna" (2003). StoryQuarterly, pp. 56-62.
• "Blooding" (2003). StoryQuarterly, pp. 164-169.
• "It Wasn't Lemonade" (2005). Mosaic, pp. 70-72.
• "A Conversation over Tea" in Stumbling and Raging: More Politically Inspired Fiction (2005) by Stephen Elliott and Greg Larson. San Francisco, US: MacAdam/Cage, pp. 105-106.
• "Albino Crow" in Prose Fiction and Non-Fiction Prose (2007), pp. 721-729. Also published in Best African American Fiction 2009 (2009) by Gerald Early and E. Lynn Harris. New York: Bantam Books, pp. 8-20.
• "Three Letters, One Song & A Refrain" (2008). Daedalus, pp. 87-91.
• "From Four Movements" (2011). Callaloo, pp. 682-697.
• "Killer Ape" in Lagos Noir (2018) by Chris Abani. New York: Akashic Books, pp. 201-217.
• "All Shook Up" (2003). Savoy
• "Mapping Obscurity: Excavating Meaning Base Materials and the African Literary Tradition" (2003). International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, pp. 121-132.
• "Resisting the Anomie: Exile and the Romantic Self" in Creativity in Exile (2004) by Mike Hanne. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, pp. 21-30.
• "The Lottery" (1 February 2004). The New York Times , p. 74. Also published in Patterns for A Purpose: A Rhetorical Reader (2010) by Barbara Fine Clouse. New York: McGraw Hill Education
• "Language Portrait" in Now Write!: Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers (2006) by Sherry Ellis. New York: Penguin, pp. 105-106.
• "Abigail and My Becoming" (19 April 2006). Truthdig
• "Of Ancestors and Progeny: Moments in Nigerian Literature" (2006). Black Issues, pp. 24-25.
• "Lagos: A Pilgrimage in 13 Nations" (2007). Farafina
• "A Good African" (2008). PEN America
• "American Empire: A Libretto in Eight Movements" in How They See Us: Meditations on America (2008) by James Atlas. New York: Atlas and Co Publishers, pp. 175-185.
• "This Red String Is For You Mama" in I Live Here (2008) by Mia Kirshner, J.B. MacKinnon, Michael Simons and Paul Shoebridge. New York: Pantheon Books
• "Love Letter" (2008). PEN America, pp. 33-34.
• "What Men Aren't Telling Us" (2008). O: The Oprah Magazine
• "Coming to America: A Remix" (2008). Tarpaulin Sky. Also published in Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures (2011) by Annalisa Oboe and Shaul Bassi. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp. 117-121.
• "When we cannot look away" (18 October 2008). Age, p. 16.
• "Omar Sharif Comes to Nollywood: A Storyboard in 10 Frames" in Nollywood (2009) by Pieter Hugo, Zina Saro-Wiwa and Stacy Hardy. Munich, Germany: Prestel Verlag, pp. 7-16.
• "Lagos: A Pilgrimage in Notations" in African Cities Reader I: Pan-African Practices (2010) by Ntone Edjabe and Edgar Pietersepp. Cape Town, South Africa: African Centre for Cities & Chimurenga, pp. 1-8.
• "Another Country" in Bound to Last: 30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book (2010) by Sean Manning. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, pp. 192-199.
• "For Chris Akunda" (3 July 2010). Pilgrimages. Also published in Essay on oil in the Niger Delta (2011) by Marie Claire, p. 74.
• "Las Vegas: The Last African City" in African Cities Reader II: Mobilities & Fixtures (2011) by Ntone Edjabe and Edgar Pieterse. Cape Town, South Africa: African Centre for Cities & Chimurenga, pp. 89-91.
• "Humanity's willing curator" (7 October 2011). Mail & Guardian
• "Chinua Achebe: My Complicated Literary Father" (25 March 2013). Wall Street Journal
• "Our Living Ancestor: Chris Abani Remembers Chinua Achebe" (26 March 2013). Daily Beast
• "Painting a Body of Loss and Love in the Proximity of an Aesthetic" (25 November 2013). The Millions
• "A Young Seminarian Found Comfort In Giovanni's Melancholy" (28 December 2013). NPR Books
• "Sin City On-Screen: Sexy and Shocking Scenes Set in Las Vegas" (31 January 2014). Bookish. Also published in Text in Africa Junctions: Capturing The City (2015) by Lard Buurman. Berlin: Hatje Cantz.
• "Ghosting, Invisibility and the Erasure of Particular Bodies: A Spell" (29 June 2015). Four Way Review
• "The Graceful Walk" in The Routledge Companion to Literature and Human Rights (2016) by Sophia A. McClennen and Alexandra Schultheis Moore. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 499-506.

References

1. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
2. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
3. Abani, Chris (2004-01-01). "GraceLand". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
4. Abani, Chris (2006-03-01). "Becoming Abigail". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
5. Abani, Chris (2007-01-01). "Song for Night". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
6. Abani, Chris (2007-01-01). "The Virgin of Flames". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
7. Abani, Chris (2014-01-07). "The Secret History of Las Vegas". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
8. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
9. Abani, Chris (2018-06-05). "Lagos Noir". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
10. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
11. "Chris Abani". The Poetry Foundation. 2025-12-01. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
12. Abani, Chris (2022-05-17). "Smoking the Bible". Goodreads . Retrieved 2026-01-03.
13. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
14. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.
15. Daria, Tunca (1986-06-15). "The Chris Abani Bibliography". cerep.ulg.ac.be. University of Liège . Retrieved 2025-12-31.