Ijedike Jeboma

is a graduate student, writer, and lover of literature.

Ijedike Jeboma

Ijedike Jeboma

‘My Favourite Books Are Those That Tackle Powerful Subjects With Elegant Prose’ Ijedike Jeboma’s First Draft

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Nigerian writer and author of ‘Identity Formation in Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde’ Ijedike Jeboma, decided to read all of Emecheta’s works and noticed a shift in her 1994 novel, Kehinde: ‘Emecheta’s legacy is often discussed in terms of the womanism-feminism divide, and I thought Kehinde marked a shift in her oeuvre that I hadn’t seen much commentary about, so I wrote it myself.’ Read More...
First DraftInterviewsNigeriaOctober/November 2023

Writing from the Collective Memories of Others Revisiting Buchi Emecheta’s Destination Biafra

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Since the publication of Destination Biafra by Buchi Emecheta in 1982, many Nigerian writers have made contributions to Biafran War literature. Thirty years on, Emecheta’s novel continues to stand out for its ambitious and distinctive approach to transforming collective memory into a fictionalized Biafra story. Read More...
Best of 2023: EssaysJune/July 2023NigeriaReadingvol8-no2