Chris Abani
Born
in Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
December 27, 1966
Website
Genre
GraceLand
25 editions
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2004
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Song for Night
19 editions
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published
2007
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The Secret History of Las Vegas
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2014
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Becoming Abigail
17 editions
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published
2006
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The Virgin of Flames: A Novel
12 editions
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published
2007
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The Face: Cartography of the Void
5 editions
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published
2014
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Lagos Noir
7 editions
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published
2018
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Sanctificum
6 editions
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published
2010
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Kalakuta Republic
3 editions
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2000
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Smoking the Bible
3 editions
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2022
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“What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion.”
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“What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion, everyday acts of compassion. In South Africa they have a phrase called ubuntu. Ubuntu comes out of a philosophy that says, the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me. ”
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“You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.”
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Polls
Which play, poetry collection, or short story collection do you want to read in January 2013?
a play by Wole Soyinka (we'll have another poll to select one if this wins)
Any Caine Prize Anthology (we'll have a poll to select the year)
A Poetry Collection by Chris Abani
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