Ijeoma Umebinyuo

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Ijeoma Umebinyuo
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Ijeoma Umebinyuo is a Nigerian poet. She is considered one of Sub-Saharan Africa's best modern poets. [1] Her short stories and poems have appeared in publications such as The Stockholm Review of Literature, [2] The Rising Phoenix Review [3] and The MacGuffin. Her TEDx talk was called "Dismantling The Culture of Silence". [1] She has a book of poems called Questions for Ada [4] and her work has been translated into many languages, including Turkish, Portuguese, Russian and French. [5]

Early Life

Ijeoma was born in Lagos, in Nigeria. [6]

Works

1. Questions for Ada

References

  1. 1 2 Boakye, Bridget (30 January 2018). "[Poetic Attack] 'Questions for Ada' by Nigerian poet Ijeoma Umebinyuo". Face2Face Africa . Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Incident, by Ijeoma Umebinyuo". The Stockholm Review. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Farewell By Ijeoma Umebinyuo". The Rising Phoenix Review. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "On Womanhood and Belonging: A dialogue with Ijeoma Umebinyuo". Africa in Dialogue. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "One Day in the Life of Ijeoma Umebinyuo". Read Wildness. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ijeoma Umebinyuo Books". Attic books Kenya. Retrieved 2025-08-14.


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