Abubakar Ibrahim (Nigeria) and Abdul Adan (Somalia)
Conversations with African Writers
The
Literary Crossroads Series brings together African writers on the continent and from the diaspora to discuss contemporary trends and themes in literature. The September session will host two of Africa’s award-winning authors – Abubakar Ibrahim from Nigeria and Abdul Adan from Somalia.
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s debut short story collection “The Whispering Trees” was longlisted for the inaugural
Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2014, with the title story shortlisted for the
Caine Prize for African Writing. He has won the
BBC African Performance Prize and the
ANA Plateau/Amatu Braide Prize for Prose. He is a Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellow (2013), a Civitella Ranieri Fellow (2015) and was included in the
Africa39 anthology of the most promising sub-Saharan African writers under the age of 40. His first novel, “Season of Crimson Blossoms”, was published in 2015 by
Parrésia Publishers in Nigeria and by
Cassava Republic Press in the UK (2016).
Abdul Adan‘s first short story, “Old Ibren”, was published in
African Writing in 2010 and then “A Bag of Oranges” in
Kwani? later that year. In 2014, his “The Somalification of James” earned an honorable mention by the
Caine Prize. 2016 was an even more remarkable year for Abdul: his short story, “The Lifebloom Gift” was shortlisted for the
Caine Prize and his proposal for a novel won him a
Miles Morland Scholarship.
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