Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and raised in Awka, Nigeria. Her work has been shortlisted for the Shirley Jackson Awards (2015), a Nommo Award (2020) and the Caine Prize for African Literature (2017 & 2020). In 2019, she emerged as winner of the inaugural Curtis Brown First Novel Prize with her first novel Dazzling, to be published by Wildfire in 2023.
Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ
Original Series
Big school
Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ's short story about a mother and child, with the child finding herself in an unfamiliar world.
12th October 2022
Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ
Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ is an author born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and raised in Awka, Nigeria.