Never would I have thought that critical thinking would still be received as such a threat in my country & tbh, I’m still processing the silencing of my voice by the ruling elite. One thing is for sure: it can’t silence me bc how can a writer be silent? #SierraLeone #SaloneX

Looking for your next summer read? Our deputy culture editor, Rachel Lloyd, shares five of The Economist's top fiction books of 2024—so far

Back at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Chigozie Obioma delivers a splendid reading & talk. Great to connect, & happy to recommend his new THE ROAD TO THE COUNTRY.

"Obioma captures guilt, fear, anger, hope, and love in The Road to the Country. It’s a big and ambitious novel, and it brilliantly succeeds." New review of THE ROAD TO THE COUNTRY by Chigozie Obioma. Hogarth Books southernreviewofbooks.com/2024/08/16/the…

Join us on the 23rd of August @ 7pm for a conversation on Chigozie Obioma's latest novel, "THE ROAD TO THE COUNTRY." See you at the Breakfast and Co. ( formerly the Milk Shop) @ Maitama, Amusement Park.

Chigozie Obioma on kindness, big families and the Biafran War abc.net.au/listen/program… via ABC Australia

Interesting (and sad) observations by Chigozie Chigozie Obioma on ABC Australia's The Book Show that "war is something inherent in mankind" and America is a "psychological state of war" with itself (echoing Nick Bryant's latest book!). 📖 #books x.com/JCObioma/statu…

On Instagram, (instagram.com/cathie.rose?ig…) I've started to do #BookReviews ... This one by Chigozie Obioma took my breath away - I was so sad to finish it...I wanted to go straight back to the beginning! A new all-time favourite book & author....❤️ #BookTwitter

Meanwhile, back in New York, out now: the latest @thebrooklynrail, with my consideration of Chigozie Obioma & his harrowing but splendid new novel: brooklynrail.org/2024/09/books/…

Next month, we formally welcome Lanier Distinguished Professor, Chigozie Obioma at a reading and reception to launch his third novel, The Road to the Country. Mark your calendars for 9/12 and join us at Cine where Avid Bookshop will have copies to purchase.

Welcome to September booklovers, What are you reading this month? This month, The Port Harcourt Book Club is reading Chigozie Obioma's, 'The Road To The Country'. If you don't already have a copy, you can get yours from Bookville World or RH Books

What we are reading this weekend. How about you?

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Chigozie Obioma sat down with WUGA’s Emma Auer to discuss his latest work earlier this week. buff.ly/3XbdH1K Come meet Obioma this Thursday night at Cine!

Chigozie Obioma's advice to Creative Writing Students is simple: "Write what is true to you; what you truly believe in," ... "What informs your art is who you are when no one is looking. That is what you must write about." buff.ly/4egHE7C

Hahaha, such a great book!!

See you Thursday at cinéathens to hear from Chigozie Obioma and his new novel The Road to the Country!

Here are some of our recommended reads to watch out for at #MacondoLitFest24 — from the latest cosy read from Chigozie Obioma's, the road to the country, to Shubnum Khan's The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years. See you at the Kenya National Theatre, 20th-22nd September.