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Akwaeke Emezi

Nigerian writer and video artist (born 1987)

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    Born 1987
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-07-20

Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and visual artist, best known for their novels Freshwater (2018), Pet, and the New York Times bestselling work The Death of Vivek Oji. Emezi is a generalist who writes speculative fiction, romance, memoir, and poetry for both young adults and adults with mostly LGBTQ themes. Their work has earned them several awards and nominations including the Otherwise Award and Commonwealth Short Story Prize. In 2021, Time featured them as a Next Generation Leader.

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Momentum0.2
Historical12.7
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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