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A

• Adam Abdulahi
• Yusufu Adamu
• Chris Abani
• Andy Abulu
• Chinua Achebe (1930– )
• Wale Adebanwi
• Remi Adedeji (1937– )
• Abiola Adegboyega
• Dapo Adeniyi
• Mobolaji Adenubi
• Kole Ade-Odutola
• Kayode Aderinokun
• Pius Adesanmi
• Akin Adesokan
• Sean Adetula
• Toyin Abiodun
• Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
• Sola Adeyemi (1965– )
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977– )
• Emeka Agbayi
• Tolu Ajayi (1946– )
• Segun Akinlolu
• Segun Akinyode
• Akilu Aliyu
• Odinaka Anudu
• Isiaka Aliagan
• Olufunmi Aluko
• T.M. Aluko (1918– )
• Elechi Amadi (1934– )
• Ifi Amadiume
• Peter Anny-Nzekwue
• Ike Anya
• G. O. Apata
• Sefi Atta (1964– )
• Babatunde Awoyele
• Anne Axis
• Unoma Nguemo Azuah
• Nnorom Azuonye
• Tunde Akinloye

Chris Abani is a Nigerian author. ... Chinua Achebe (born November 16, 1930) is a Nigerian novelist and poet, an esteemed and controversial literary critic, and one of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Remi Aduke Adedeji (born 1937 in Okemesi) is a Nigerian childrens book writer and associate editor for Bookbird. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969) is a Nigerian poet who founded the Women Writers of Nigeria in 1991. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born in 1977) is a Nigerian writer. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian poet and writer of fiction. ... Aliyu Akilu (1918-1998) was a Nigerian poet and writer, and one of the greatest Hausa poets of the twentieth century. ... Timothy Mofolorunso Aluko (born June 14, 1918) is a Nigerian writer. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Elechi Amadi (born May 12, 1934) is a Nigerian writer. ... Dr. Ifi Amadiume is a Nigerian writer. ... Sefi Atta was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1964, to a family of five children. ... Nnorom Azuonye (born July, 1967 in Biafra) is a Nigerian theater director, playwright, and poet. ...

B-E

• Babafemi Badejo
• Francoise Balogun
• Biyi Bandele
• A. Igoni Barrett (1979– )
• Charles Bodunde
• Qasim Bolaji-Ashogbon
• Tubal Rabbi Cain (1964–)
• Chin Ce (1966– )
• John Pepper Clark (1935– )
• Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1809–1891)
• Olumbe Bassir
• Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde
• Umaru Dembo
• David Diai
• Jude Dibia (1975– )

• Ebereonwu
• Michael Echeruo (1937– )
• Amatoritsero (Godwin) Ede]
• Eyitemi Egwuenu
• Victor Ehikhamenor
• Cyprian Ekwensi (1921– )
• Buchi Emecheta (1944– )
• E. Nolue Emenanjo
• Perpetual Emenekwum-Eziefule
• Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–97)
• Rosemary Esehagu (1981– )
• Femi Euba
• Chielozona Eze
• Vera Ezimora
• Abitogun Oladipo Ojo
• Itunu-Abitogun Oyinlade Oladipo

Akinbami Oluseyi Macaulay Biyi Bandele-Thomas (born 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and playwright generally known as Biyi Bandele. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... Tubal Rabbi Cain is a Nigerian writer. ... John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo born 6 April 1935 is a Nigerian poet and playwright who originally published under the name of J.P. Clark. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Olumbe Bassir was a Nigerian academic, editor, author and a pioneer professor of Biochemistry at the University of Ibadan. ... Jude Dibia was born in Lagos, Nigeria on 5 January 1975. ... Michael Joseph Chukwudalu Echeruo (born March 14, 1937) is a Nigerian poet, academic, and literary critic from Okigwe, Imo State. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amatoritsero Ede (born March 6, 1963) is a Nigerian poet. ... Blank ... Buchi Emecheta (born July 21, 1944) is a Nigerian novelist. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nolue emenanjo (born 1943) is a Nigerian scholar and writer. ... Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (c. ... Rosemary Esehagu (born November 15, 1981) is a Nigerian writer. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Femi Euba (born April 1942) is a Nigeria actor and dramatist. ...

F-K

• Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa
• Adebayo Faleti
• Dan Fulani

• Harry Oludare Garuba (1958– )
• Jumoke Giwa
• Healson Adedayo Farore, Sr.

• Helon Habila

• Ogaga Ifowodo
• Anita Omoiataman Ihaza
• Senator Ihenyen
• Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
• Esiaba Irobi
• Akinwunmi Isola
• Uzodinma Iweala
• Obi "Obiwu" Iwuayanwu
• Festus Iyayi
• Abubakar Imam

• Femi Jeboda
• Prince Joshua Olawuyi
• Biodun Jeyifo (1946– )
• Mike Jimoh
• Samuel Johnson

• Kokalu O. Kalu
• Uduma Kalu
• Hamzat Kassim
• Sulaiman Ibrahim Katsina
• Olubukola Kwegan

Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa MBE (1903 - 1963) was a Nigerian author who pioneered the Yorùbá language novel. ... Adebayo Faleti is a Nigerian poet, writer and actor. ... Dan Fulani is a Nigerian fiction writer with 16 published books to his credit since 1981, who has tried to highlight development issues through his popular fiction. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helon Habila (born 1967) is a Nigerian novelist. ... Professor Akinwunmi Isola (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Festus Iyayi (born 1947, in Benin) is a Nigeria writer known for his radical and sometimes revolutionary stance on social and political issues. ... Abubakar Imam (1911-1981) was a Nigerian writer, journalist and politician from Kagara. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) was an Anglican priest and historian of the Yoruba. ...

L-N

• Abimbola Lagunju
• Obakanse S. Lakanse
• Akeem Lasisi

• Amina Mama
• Oliver Mbamara
• Ayodele Morocco-Clarke (1973–)
• John Munonye
• Uche Nduka
• Austyn Njoku
• Obi Nwakanma
• Martina Awele Nwakoby (1937– )
• Nkem Nwankwo (1936–2001)
• Flora Nwapa (1931–1993)
• Njideka Nwapa-Ibuaka
• Chuma Nwokolo
• Angela Nwosu
• Maik Nwosu
• Nkechi Nwosu-Igbo
• Azuka Nzegwu
• Onuora Nzekwu

Abimbola Lagunju (born in 1960 in Ibadan, Nigeria) is the author of Cyclone of Human Heart, The Shadow of Rainbow, The Children of Signatures, The African in the Mirror and the Days of Illusions. He lives and works in Senegal. ... Amina Mama is a Nigerian feminist writer and academic. ... Oliver O. Mbamara is from Nigeria, West Africa. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... John Munonye (born April 1929) is an important important Igbo writer and one of the most important Nigrian writers of the twentieth of century. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nkem Nwankwo (1936-2001) was a Nigerian novelist and poet. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (born January 18, 1931 in Oguta; died 1993) is a Nigerian author best known as Flora Nwapa. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Onuora Nzekwu (b. ...

O

• Olu Obafemi
• Iheoma Obibi
• Obinna Charles Okwelume
• Hyacinth Obunseh
• Sunny E. Ododo
• Odia Ofeimun
• Chike Ofili
• Sarah O'Gorman
• Olu Oguibe
• Ike Oguine
• Molara Ogundipe
• Samuel Olagunju Ogundipe
• Tolulope Ogunlesi
• Denrele Ogunwa
• Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
• Yemi D. Ogunyemi
• Ijeoma Ogwuegbu
• Francis Ohanyido (1970– )
• Tanure Ojaide
• Bamiji Ojo
• Akinloye Ojo
• Olatubosun Oladapo
• Gabriel Okara (1921– )
• Oladejo Okedeji
• Wale Okediran
• Chika Okeke
• Remi Okere
• Niran Okewole
• Christopher Okigbo (1932–1967)
• Onookome Okome
• Ike Okonta
• Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
• Dike Okoro
• Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo
• Osita Okoroafor
• Ben Okri (1959– )
• Afolabi Olabimtan
• Simbo Olorunfemi
• Esho Oluborode
• Alade E. Oluwadamilola
• Kole Omotosho (1943– )
• Osonye Tess Onwueme (1955– )
• Dillibe Onyeama
• Frank Onyebu
• Alexander Orok
• Nnaemeka Oruh
• Dennis Osadebay
• Femi Osofisan
• Chinye Phiona Osai
• Sanya Osha
• Sola Osofisan
• E.C. Osondu
• Niyi Osundare (1947– )
• Tony Nduka Otiono
• Helen Ovbiagele (1944– )
• Jamin Owhovoriole
• Bunmi Oyinsan
• Dupe Olorunjo
• Naan Pocen

Obinna Charles Okwelume Jnr. ... Olu Oguibe is Associate Professor of Art and African-American studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and a senior fellow of the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School, New York. ... Ike Oguine is a writer living in Lagos, Nigeria, and one of the standard-bearers of the current resurgence in Nigerian literature. ... Omolara Ogundipe-Leslie is a Nigerian feminist/Afro-Marxist writer who is considered one of the foremost writers on African feminism and Afro-marxism. ... Francis Ohanyido (born March 4, 1970) is an African philosopher, poet, essayist, public health Physician, and activist. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Tanure Ojaide (born 1948) is a prolific Nigerian poet and writer. ... Olatubosun Oladapo, also called Tubosun Oladapo, and Odidere Aiyekooto (after the loquacious parrot) is a folk poet who writes, and chants on record plates, in Yoruba to reach his audiences mainly the South-Western people of Nigeria. ... Gabriel Okara is a Nigerian writer, born in April 1921. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo (1932–1967) was a Nigerian poet, who died fighting for the independence of Biafra. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu is a writer of fantasy and speculative fiction. ... Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo is a Nigerian writer, born at Nnobi in Anambra State of Nigeria. ... Ben Okri (born March 15, 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Afolabi Olabimtan (b. ... Kole Omotosho (born April 1943) is a Nigerian writer known for his dedication and commitment to fusing a socio-political re-appraisal of Africa and respect for human dignity into most of his works. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Osonye Tess Onwueme was born on September 8, 1955. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Dennis Osadebay (June, 1911-Dec 1994) was a Nigerian politician, poet, journalist and former premier of the now defunct Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, which now comprises Edo and Delta State. ... Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan was born in Erunwon, on June 1946. ... Osundare, Niyi Dr. (1947-present) Born in Ikere-Ekiti, Ondo State of Nigeria, Osundare is a prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helen Ovbiagele (born 1944) is a Nigerian novelist. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

R-T

• Remi Raji
• Aderemi Raji-Oyelade

• Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–95)
• Lola Shoneyin
• Mudi Sipikin
• Ladipo Soetan
• Zulu Sofola (1935–95)
• Bode Sowande (1948–)
• J. Sobowole Sowande
• Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
• Wole Soyinka (1934– ), awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Loud Speaker
• Emmanuel Sule
• Mohammed Sule
• Muritala Sule
• Kola Tubosun
• Adebisi Thompson
• Amos Tutuola (1920-97)
• Morenike Taire

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 - November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer and environmental activist. ... Zulu Sofola (1935 - 1995) was a Nigerian playwright of Igbo/Edo parents. ... Bode Sowande (Born on May 1948) is a Nigerian writer and dramatist known for the theatric aesthetic of his plays about humanism and social change. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Akinwande Oluwole Wole Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... A loud speaker is a person or inanimate machine that speaks LOUD. ... Amos Tutuola (June 20, 1920 - June 8, 1997) was a Nigerian writer famous for his books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. ...

U-Z

• Ebele Uche-Nwakile
• Françoise Ugochukwu, born in France
• Clarius Ugwuoha
• Gracy Ukala (formerly Osifo)
• Adaora Lily Ulasi (1932– )
• Sumaila Isah Umaisha
• Karo Umukoro
• Chika Unigwe
• Emman Usman Shehu
• Ronnie Uzoigwe

• Jumoke Verissimo

• Ugonna Wachuku (1971– ), lives in Geneva, Switzerland
• Segun Williams
• Ken Wiwa (1968– ), now resides in Canada
• Molara Wood

• Oladipo Yemitan

• Sa'adu Zungur

Adaora Lily Ulasi (born 1932) is a Nigerian journalist and novelist. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chika Unigwe is a Nigerian-born author. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... Ken Wiwa is a journalist and author. ...

See also

• Nigerian literature
• List of Nigerians