Alongside my life as a researcher and policy analyst, I write fiction. My debut novel was written at 14 at boarding school in the small town of Benin, Nigeria.
My writing explores identity, belonging, displacement, and the quiet complexities of human relationships - across cultures, generations, and the spaces between the worlds people inhabit and the worlds they imagine.
I minored in Creative Writing at UNC Chapel Hill, where I completed my senior honors thesis under Adam Price's supervision - a 120-page novel titled New Age Taffeta set against the backdrop of exploitation colonialism and religion in Sub-Saharan Africa - and received highest honors in the seminar. My second novel, Shape of the Sun, is available on Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.
I also write short fiction for the UCR Highlander and serve as a Fiction Editor at Yarnz Magazine (our debut issue is out!). My short stories explore similar themes in compressed form - you can find them linked on the site.
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