b. Nigeria; Writing
Kelechi Njoku’s writing has appeared in several venues, including adda, Litro, Brittle Paper, and This Is Africa. He was shortlisted for the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and previously won the Writivism Short Story Prize, West Africa Region. In the last seven years, he has worked with several organisations devoted to developing literature and learning in Africa—the Afritondo Short Story Prize; Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop; the inaugural Dusty Manuscript Prize, Nigeria; Writivism Short Story Prize; Peripheral Vision International; and the Aké Arts and Book Festival. His stories have been spotlighted by The Book Banque (“9 Stories You Should Read”) and Brittle Paper (“79 notable pieces of 2017”). He is currently writer-in-residence at Black Rock, in Dakar, Senegal, and lives in Lagos, where he is a senior editor at Kachifo, copy editor at Bakwa, and co-founding editor at 14.
