NEWS
Obioma's non-fiction personal essay about living in a soviet-style camp is Alexander magazine's launch story.
An Orchestra of Minorities is now out in Poland, the 20th language!
An Orchestra of Minorities is a joint winner of Internationaler literaturpreis, Germany's biggest prize for Foreign Fiction
Read Chigozie Obioma's June 2020 Writer's Digest Cover Interview:
An Orchestra of Minorities (La Prière des Oiseaux) is on the shortlist for best Translated Fiction for Winter 2020 in France.
The Fishermen is a Radio National, Australia, best book of the decade!
An Orchestra of Minorities is on the BBC, Houston Chronicle, Financial Times, TIME, Amazon.com, Publisher's Weekly, Minnesota Star Tribune, Waterstones, and other best book of the year lists!
New short story, "The Stranger Story of the World," on Granta.com
An Orchestra of Minorities is on the shortlist of the 2019 Booker prize!
An Orchestra of Minorities is on the shortlist of Kulturhuset's Best Translated Fiction in Sweden!
The Fishermen has been chosen as BBC World Bookclub book of the month for August.
Watch Sam Omatseye's interview with Chigozie Obioma on TVC Africa, Babel, Sweden's premier Book Show.
Read Obioma's New York Times By The Book interview, listen to the NPR Weekend Edition interview.
Read interviews on FictionWritersReview, Electric Literature, The Millions, Fair Observer and read Obioma's profile in, Time Magazine. The Guardian, and Houston Chronicle.
Read Chigozie Obioma's New York Times essay about how he came to love books and reading.
Hooray! An Orchestra of Minorities earns starred reviews in all 5 pre-publication trade reviews: Kirkus, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, and Bookpage (see reviews page).
Follow Obioma on Facebook and Instagram.
An Orchestra of Minorities is now out in Poland, the 20th language!
An Orchestra of Minorities is a joint winner of Internationaler literaturpreis, Germany's biggest prize for Foreign Fiction
Read Chigozie Obioma's June 2020 Writer's Digest Cover Interview:
An Orchestra of Minorities (La Prière des Oiseaux) is on the shortlist for best Translated Fiction for Winter 2020 in France.
The Fishermen is a Radio National, Australia, best book of the decade!
An Orchestra of Minorities is on the BBC, Houston Chronicle, Financial Times, TIME, Amazon.com, Publisher's Weekly, Minnesota Star Tribune, Waterstones, and other best book of the year lists!
New short story, "The Stranger Story of the World," on Granta.com
An Orchestra of Minorities is on the shortlist of the 2019 Booker prize!
An Orchestra of Minorities is on the shortlist of Kulturhuset's Best Translated Fiction in Sweden!
The Fishermen has been chosen as BBC World Bookclub book of the month for August.
Watch Sam Omatseye's interview with Chigozie Obioma on TVC Africa, Babel, Sweden's premier Book Show.
Read Obioma's New York Times By The Book interview, listen to the NPR Weekend Edition interview.
Read interviews on FictionWritersReview, Electric Literature, The Millions, Fair Observer and read Obioma's profile in, Time Magazine. The Guardian, and Houston Chronicle.
Read Chigozie Obioma's New York Times essay about how he came to love books and reading.
Hooray! An Orchestra of Minorities earns starred reviews in all 5 pre-publication trade reviews: Kirkus, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, and Bookpage (see reviews page).
Follow Obioma on Facebook and Instagram.
Watch the Trailer of An Orchestra of Minorities