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Chigozie Obioma

(1985) Writer

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Chigozie Obioma is a writer.

Quick Facts About Chigozie Obioma

Born: November 30, 1985
Profession: Writer

About Chigozie Obioma

[Wikidata] Nigerian writer... | [Wikipedia] Chigozie Obioma (1986) was born in Akure, Nigeria. He is the author of three novels: The Fishermen (2015), An Orchestra of Minorities (2019) and The Road to the Country (2024). The Fishermen and An Orchestra of Minorities were finalists for the Booker Prize and have been translated into 30 languages

Quotes by Chigozie Obioma

“He spoke slowly, his voice deeper and louder, every word tacked nine inches deep into the beams of our minds.”

Chigozie Obioma

Psychology

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“Do you not know that there is nothing the eye can see that can make it shed the tears of blood? Do…

Chigozie Obioma

Tears of blood

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“I once heard that when fear takes possession of the heart of a person, it diminishes them”

Chigozie Obioma

Fear

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“English, although the official language of Nigeria, was a formal language with which strangers and non-relatives addressed you. It had the potency…

Chigozie Obioma

English

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“when the two ventricles of our home—our father and our mother—held silence as the ventricles of the heart retain blood, we could…

Chigozie Obioma

Parenting

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“I'd heard someone say that the end of most things often bears a resemblance - even if faint - to their beginnings”

Chigozie Obioma

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