Chris Abani
Biography
Chris Abani was born in Afikpo, Nigeria in 1966. He wrote his first novel when he was sixteen but was arrested for it, as it was suggested that the plot was used as a basis for a coup in Nigeria. He was again arrested, after his second novel, this time for sedition. After being released under an amnesty, he was again arrested for the performance of his play Song of a Broken Flute and was sentenced to death. He managed to escape, as friends bribed the prison guards, and he fled to London and then moved to Los Angeles, where he is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside. As well as novels he has written plays and poetry.
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Bibliography
1985 Masters of the Board (novel)
1987 Sirocco (novel)
2001 Kalakuta Republic (poetry)
2003 Daphne’s Lot (poetry)
2004 Graceland (novel)
2004 Dog Woman (poetry)
2006 Becoming Abigail (novella)
2006 Hands Washing Water (poetry)
2007 Song For Night (novella)
2007 The Virgin of Flames (novel)
2010 Sanctificum (poetry)
2014 The Face (essay)
2014 The Secret History of Las Vegas (novel)
2016 The Face: Cartography of the Void