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Lola Akande

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Lola Akande
BornLola Akande
(1965-10-03) 3 October 1965 (age 58)
Oke-Ode, Ifelodun, Kwara, Nigeria)
Occupation
Alma mater
Period1986–present
Genre
  • novel
  • fiction
Subject
  • Literatures of the city
  • feminist activism
  • cultural studies
  • postcolonial studies
  • literary theory
Notable workWhat It Takes, The Truth about Sadia
Notable awardsAssociation Of Nigerian Authors Prize for Prose Fiction
2017
Association Of Nigerian Authors Prize for Short Story 2022

Lola Akande (born 3 October 1965) is a Nigerian academic and fiction writer. She has published three novels and a collection of short stories including the award winning _What It Takes_ and her latest novel, __The Truth about Sadia_ which is endorsed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)

Life and career

Akande was born on 3 October 1965 in Kwara state, Nigeria. She teaches African literature in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos.[1][2] Her first novel, In Our Place, was published in 2012 by Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited,[2] which was subsequently followed by What It Takes, which was published in 2016.[2] In 2020, she published a collection of short stories [1][3] which won the ANA award for Short Story, in 2022.

Published works

Lola Akande has published four works of fiction, a monograph and several academic publications.[4]

Novels

  • Akande, Lola. 2023. The Truth about Sadia. Lagos: Tunmike Pages.
  • Akande, Lola . 2020. Suitors Are Scarce in Lagos. Lagos: Tunmike Pages.
  • Akande, Lola. 2018. Where Are You From? Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited.
  • Akande, Lola. 2016. What It Takes Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited.[5]
  • Akande, Lola. 2012. In Our Place Ibadan: Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited

Short stories

  • Akande, Lola. 2019 "I Fixed It" published in the anthology: Sisi Eko. Lagos: Farafina
  • Akande, Lola. 2013 "Camouflage" published in the anthology: Dream Chasers. Ibadan: Nelson Fiction

Monograph

Akande, Lola. (2019) The City in the African Novel - A Thematic Rendering of Urban Spaces. Lagos: Tunmike Pages

Awards

Her work, What It Takes in 2017 earned her the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction.[6]

Her collection of Short Stories, Suitors Are Scarce in Lagos won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Short Story 2022.

References

  1. ^ a b Sam-Duru, Prisca (24 April 2020). "Lola Akande's new book explores complexity of Lagos". Vanguard. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Utor, Florence (4 December 2016). "Lola Akande's What It Takes beams searchlight on universities teachers". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ Akubuiro, Henry (18 April 2020). "Lagos Blues". The Sun. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  4. ^ Akande, Lola. "Lola Akande - Google Scholar Citations". Google Scholar. Google Scholar. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ^ Evelyn, Osagie (26 December 2016). "Don presents second novel". The Nation. The Nation. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  6. ^ Amoo, Abdussalam (20 May 2018). "UNILAG VC congratulates Lola Akande for winning 2017 ANA Prize". EduCeleb.com. EduCeleb. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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