Obinna Udenwe wins The Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature 2021
Obinna Udenwe wins The Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature
Obinna Udenwe wins The Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature
Obinna Udenwe shortlisted for the 2021 Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Co-founder of The Village Square Journal, Obinna Udenwe has been shortlisted for the NLNG sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature alongside 10 others. The first shortlist which was announced on Sunday, July 4th 2021 by the Advisory Board of the Prize has eleven books in contention. Obinna Udenwe is shortlisted for his latest book, Colours of Hatred – a novel about the Egbufor family and their journey traversing through the turbulent sea of life. The book tells of this…
The Village Square Journal presents an excerpt from Obinna Udenwe’s second book, “Colours of Hatred”. Colours of Hatred, published by Parresia Books, is set partly in Sudan and largely in Nigeria, and follows the life of a young woman, Leona whose family escapes assassination in Sudan during the Sudanese civil war, only to face greater challenges in Nigeria, which forces her to commit a sin that haunts her till her dying day. There are some things a human ear…