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Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and video artist, best known for their novels Freshwater, Pet, and their New York Times bestselling novel The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir and poetry for both young
Still from Take The Mark, 2017. Still from 'This World Has Killed Me ', 2017. Books, 2018-2022. Still from 'Bathe Me In Blood', 2020. Still from 9999 Black Jabs, 2016. Portrait by David Uzochukwu. Website for the artist and deity AKWAEKE.
Learn about Akwaeke Emezi, a Nigerian-born artist who works in literature, music, film, and visual art. Discover their upcoming EP, book, and film projects, and their awards and achievements.
Welcome - Akwaeke Emezi. Originally published in Wasafiri Magazine. The light was gone, sucked back into the black wires that hung off the roof and stretched across the expressway, leaving the kitchen a study in blurs. Ogugua popped open the plastic crate of eggs and felt around for the matches, his pupils widening to inhale the grey air.
Freshwater is a raw and extraordinary debut novel by Akwaeke Emezi, who explores the metaphysics of identity and being through the story of Ada, a young woman with multiple selves. The novel is inspired by the author's realities and Igbo spirituality, and has received critical acclaim and awards.
Akwaeke Emezi is a nonbinary trans author of FRESHWATER, PET, and THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI. They are a 2018 National Book Foundation '5 Under 35' honoree and a 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner.
Aug 3, 2020 · You know what's going to happen in Akwaeke Emezi's new book — it's right there in the title: The Death of Vivek Oji. But this novel about a death is full of gender-bending, boundary...
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