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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.
Nov 24, 2024
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About the Author
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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