Biyi Bandele (real name Bandele-Thomas) was born in 1967 in northern Nigeria, a region which is largely Muslim. He stems from a family which belonged to the Yoruba tribe and converted to Christianity. He left his parents’ house at the age of 14 to earn his living doing odd jobs,
Akwaeke Emezi, who is of half-Igbo, half-Tamil descent, was born in 1987 in Umuahia, the capital of the southern Nigerian state of Abia, and grew up in Aba, also in Abia. Emezi studied international politics and nonprofit management at New York University from 2010 to 2012. From 2014 to 2016
born in Jos in 1979. The Nigerian author and journalist made his literary début in 2012 with the short story collection »The Whispering Trees«, whose title story was shortlisted for The Caine Prize for African Writing. His first novel »Season of Crimson Blossoms« was released in 2015 in Nigeria and
