11. To Canada, From Nigeria
Virtual Event
Description
Three incredible writers — a poet, a novelist and a memoirist — who have found a home in Canada discuss how Nigerian traditions have shaped their storytelling style.
Date: May 3, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm ET
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Featured Speaker(s)
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe
Cheluchi Onyemelukwe is a writer, academic and lawyer. Her debut novel, The Son Of The House, was finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2021, won the Nigeria Prize for Literature, 2021, the SprinNG Women Authors Prize 2020 and the Best International Fiction Prize, Sharjah International Book Fair. She is at work on her second novel.
Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr
Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr is a speaker, author, and consultant with a passion for human development and connection. Her latest book is I Am Because We Are, out now with House of Anansi Press. She is the founder of She ROARs, an organization committed to coaching women of colour around the world to connect to their intuition and purpose. Her work is focused on harnessing the power of our interdependence with a foundation in the humanist African philosophy of Ubuntu, which celebrates our shared humanity. Chidiogo has lived and worked across four continents and speaks seven languages, including Mandarin, German, Spanish, and French, allowing for an even deeper connection with people. She led the growth and impact of the Global Shapers Community across Africa and the Middle East.
Tolu Oloruntoba
Tolu Oloruntoba lived in Nigeria and the United States before settling in the metro area of Coast Salish lands known as Vancouver with his family. He spent his early career as a primary care physician, and currently manages virtual health projects with organizations in British Columbia. His poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, while his debut chapbook, Manubrium, was a bpNichol Chapbook Award finalist. The Junta of Happenstance, his first full-length collection, was the winner of the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for English Language Poetry.
Yejide Kilanko
Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Yejide Kilanko lives in Chatham, Ontario where she practices as a social worker. Kilanko’s debut novel, Daughters Who Walk This Path, a Canadian national bestseller, was longlisted for the 2016 Nigeria Literature Prize. A poet and short story writer, Kilanko’s work includes a novella, Chasing Butterflies, two children’s picture books, There Is An Elephant In My Wardrobe, and Juba and The Fireball. Kilanko’s latest novel, A Good Name, is available now.
