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Kéchi Nne Nomu

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is a Nigerian writer who has recently taught at the University of Virginia. Nomu’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative Magazine , Boston Review , The Yale Review , The Sun Magazine , Poetry Northwest , Passenger Magazine , Rest of World and elsewhere.

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Kéchi Nne Nomu

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is a Nigerian writer who has recently taught at the University of Virginia. Nomu’s writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative Magazine , Boston Review , The Yale Review , The Sun Magazine , Poetry Northwest , Passenger Magazine , Rest of World and elsewhere.

Culture & Society First Draft Interviews

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

NOVEMBER 24 2024

The Endless Life of Onyeka Onwenu

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•NOVEMBER 24 2024

The Endless Life of Onyeka Onwenu

Nigerian pop icon Onyeka Onwenu died earlier this year. With an iridescent career spanning decades, Onwenu’s knowledge of Nigeria’s failings ran as deep as her capacity to imagine and believe in a better Nigeria.

The Endless Life of Onyeka Onwenu

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•NOVEMBER 24 2024

The Endless Life of Onyeka Onwenu

Nigerian pop icon Onyeka Onwenu died earlier this year. With an iridescent career spanning decades, Onwenu’s knowledge of Nigeria’s failings ran as deep as her capacity to imagine and believe in a better Nigeria.

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

MAY 19 2024

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•MAY 19 2024

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

The Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale brings together artists who are diverse in their styles, influences, affiliations with place, and interpretations of nationhood and history.

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•MAY 19 2024

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s Theories of Place

The Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale brings together artists who are diverse in their styles, influences, affiliations with place, and interpretations of nationhood and history.

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

MAY 3 2024

‘All Writing Is Re-Orchestration’

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•MAY 3 2024

‘All Writing Is Re-Orchestration’

Author of ‘The Resilience of Nigerian Writing’, Kéchi Nne Nomu, has been reading science writings and creative nonfiction lately: ‘I think the world of science and the literary world need to meet more often. I like books or texts where that interaction is happening.

‘All Writing Is Re-Orchestration’

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•MAY 3 2024

‘All Writing Is Re-Orchestration’

Author of ‘The Resilience of Nigerian Writing’, Kéchi Nne Nomu, has been reading science writings and creative nonfiction lately: ‘I think the world of science and the literary world need to meet more often. I like books or texts where that interaction is happening.

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

FEBRUARY 27 2024

The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•FEBRUARY 27 2024

The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women

To encounter a body in collage is to momentarily believe the human form is physically and even gesturally incapable of coming up against its own limitations. Frida Orupabo’s collages do this so well. They haunt the viewer with fond, familiar and unexpected shapes.

The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•FEBRUARY 27 2024

The Disruptive Potential of Frida Orupabo’s Metamorphic Women

To encounter a body in collage is to momentarily believe the human form is physically and even gesturally incapable of coming up against its own limitations. Frida Orupabo’s collages do this so well. They haunt the viewer with fond, familiar and unexpected shapes.

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

DECEMBER 2 2023

We Need to Talk About the Nobel Prize Bias

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•DECEMBER 2 2023

We Need to Talk About the Nobel Prize Bias

Winning the Literature and Peace Nobel Prizes has been crucial to Black literature and resistance. But what does a history of omission in the other elusive categories mean?

We Need to Talk About the Nobel Prize Bias

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•DECEMBER 2 2023

We Need to Talk About the Nobel Prize Bias

Winning the Literature and Peace Nobel Prizes has been crucial to Black literature and resistance. But what does a history of omission in the other elusive categories mean?

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

SEPTEMBER 23 2023

The Exceptional Mind of Cyprian Ekwensi

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•SEPTEMBER 23 2023

The Exceptional Mind of Cyprian Ekwensi

On 26 September 1921, Nigerian writer, Cyprian Ekwensi, was born. Ekwensi saw himself as a custodian of Nigerian life and the patron saint of the city dweller. He wrote social commentaries where the Nigerian city or town took on the texture of a character.

The Exceptional Mind of Cyprian Ekwensi

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•SEPTEMBER 23 2023

The Exceptional Mind of Cyprian Ekwensi

On 26 September 1921, Nigerian writer, Cyprian Ekwensi, was born. Ekwensi saw himself as a custodian of Nigerian life and the patron saint of the city dweller. He wrote social commentaries where the Nigerian city or town took on the texture of a character.

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KÉCHI NNE NOMU

JULY 27 2023

Who’s Afraid of Nigerian Literature?

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•JULY 27 2023

Who’s Afraid of Nigerian Literature?

The exodus of a new generation of Nigerian writers has sparked discussions about the state of Nigerian literature in recent times. Some have asserted that Nigerian literature is dead or dying and that writing from within a Nigerian context, from home, is becoming an endangered art.

Who’s Afraid of Nigerian Literature?

KÉCHI NNE NOMU•JULY 27 2023

Who’s Afraid of Nigerian Literature?

The exodus of a new generation of Nigerian writers has sparked discussions about the state of Nigerian literature in recent times. Some have asserted that Nigerian literature is dead or dying and that writing from within a Nigerian context, from home, is becoming an endangered art.