Novelist. Storyteller. Civil Engineer

Obinna Udenwe

Award-winning author of power, manipulation, fate, surrealism & love.

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Obinna Udenwe
The Chinua Achebe Prize 2021The Prairie Schooner-Glenna Luschei Prize 2020The Short Story is Dead Prize 2016ANA Prize for Prose Fiction 2015Legacy FM Literary Achievement Award 2024Ebonyi State Literary Icon Award 2014
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New Release 2025

Years of Shame

A sweeping saga of legacy and redemption in the heart of the savannah.

In his most ambitious work to date, Udenwe weaves a tapestry of political intrigue and personal sacrifice that redefines the modern West African epic.

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Years of ShameColours of HatredThe Widow Who Died With Flowers In Her MouthSatans & Shaitans

Where the Story Began

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Literature is the only tool we have to interrogate the silence of history.

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