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My African Reading List: Arinze Ifeakandu
Sunday, 21 December, 2025
Arinze Ifeakandu is a literary shooting star from Nigeria, with a characteristic, lyrical prose, who has been advocated by authors such as Damon Galgut og Colm Tóibín. God’s Children Are Little Broken Things from 2022 is his literary debut, winning him several literary prizes, including the prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize. In addition to the short story collection, Ifeakandu has published several shorter pieces of both fiction and non-fiction, and is currently working on his first novel. This is Ifeakandu's reading list:* Chinua Achebe* Peter Abrahams, Mine Boy* Imbolo Mbue, Behold the Dreamers* NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun * Toni Morrison* James Baldwin* Maya Angelou * Gbenga Adesina * I.S. Jones* Ebenezer Agu* Logan February, Painted Blue with Salt Water* Gbenga Adeoba* Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo, The Tiny Things Are Heaviest* Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!* Chukwuebuka Ibeh, Blessings* Gbolahan Adeola* Otosirieze Obi-Young from Open country magazine The host in this episode is Madeleine Gedde MetzEditing and production by the House of LiteratureMusic by Ibou Cissokho The House of Literature’s project to promote African literature is supported by NORAD. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
