Uwem akpan biography of martin

Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian writer. He is the author of Say You’re One of Them (2008), a collection of five stories.

Uwem akpan biography of martin

It won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the PEN Open Book Award, and was picked by the Oprah Winfrey Book Club in 2009.

Uwem Akpan was born in Ikot Akpan Eda in southern Nigeria; his parents were teachers. After studying humanities and philosophy at Creighton and Gonzaga universities, he got a theology degree from the Catholic University of East Africa in Kenya.

He is also a graduate of the University of Michigan’s MFA program.

Uwem Akpan Biography

Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian writer. He is the author of Say You’re One of Them (2008), a collection of five stories (each set in a different African country) published by Little, Brown & Company.

The book inspired Angelique Kidjo to write the song “Agbalagba”. It made the Best of the Year list at People magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and other