Ukamaka Olisakwe: Difference between revisions

Olisakwe's debut novel, ''Eyes of a Goddess'', was published in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hay Festival|url=https://www.hayfestival.com/artist.aspx?artistid=5998|website=www.hayfestival.com|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amazon |title=Eyes of a Goddess |publisher=Piraeus Books LLC |year=2012 |isbn=978-0985203818 |location=UK |pages=304 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Better World Books |date=2022 |title=Eyes of a Goddess |url=https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/9780985203818?shipto=US&curcode=USD |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.betterworldbooks.com}}</ref>

She has written numerous short stories and articles, most of which have appeared in blogs and online journals, including Olisa.tv, ''[[Saraba Magazine|Saraba]]'', ''Sentinel Nigeria'' and Short Story Day Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2015 Writivism Mentors|url=https://writivism.org/2014/10/30/2015-writivism-mentors/|last=cacedirector|date=2014-10-30|website=Writivism|language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> She has been featured in the [[BBC]].<ref>{{citationCite web |last=Jalada needed|date=May2016-05-30 |title="Nkem's Nightmare" By Ukamaka Olisakwe |url=https://jaladaafrica.org/2016/05/30/nkems-nightmare-by-ukamaka-olisakwe/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Jalada Africa |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukamaka Olisakwe |url=http://www.iwpcollections.org/ukamaka-olisakwe-2 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=International Writing Program Collections |language=en-US}}</ref> Her essays have appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'' and various magazines including the ''Nigerian Telegraph'' and ''African Hadithi''.<ref name="africa39">{{cite book |editor=Allfrey, Ellah Wakatama |title=Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara |year=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury |pages=512 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n58iBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT512 |isbn=978-1-62040-780-6 }}</ref> She wrote the screenplay for ''The Calabash'',<ref name="spot">{{cite news|author= Akinseye, Isabella|title=Spotlight on Ukamaka Olisakwe|url=http://www.dstv.com/News/Spotlight-on-Ukamaka-Olisakwe/115765|date=14 January 2015|access-date=3 February 2015|agency=[[DStv]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Latestnigeriannews |title=Ukamaka Olisakwe: Screen writer behind The Calabash |url=http://www.latestnigeriannews.com/news/1293128/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Latest Nigerian News |language=English}}</ref> a television series produced and directed by [[Obi Emelonye]] and premiered in January 2015 on Africa Magic Showcase.<ref>[http://africamagic.dstv.com/2015/01/14/exciting-january-for-africa-magic-viewers/ "Exciting January for Africa Magic Viewers!"] Africa Magic, 14 January 2015.</ref>

Olisakwe was a guest at the 2015 Writivism Festival in [[Kampala, Uganda]], where she taught a fiction master-class.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://writivism.com/?page_id=2603 | title=None}}{{BareDead URLlink image| date=MarchFebruary 20222024 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> On 28 May 2015, she spoke on how "You Could Stop The Next Maternal Death Statistic" at [[TEDx]]Garki.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt-HOGIF6VY "You could stop the next maternal death statistic | Ukamaka Olisakwe | TEDxGarki"]. YouTube</ref>

* — (2020) ''[[Ogadinma, or Everything Will Be All Right]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-15 |title=Ukamaka Olisakwe: Breaking free |url=https://bookanista.com/ukamaka-olisakwe/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Bookanista |language=en-US}}</ref> The Indigo Press.

*{{cite news |author=Ukamaka Olisakwe |author-mask= 1|title=This is how I remember it |work=[[Africa39]]: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara |date=October 2014 }}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Continental drift: Africa39, an anthology of writing from south of the Sahara, is too good to miss|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/continental-drift-africa39-an-anthology-of-writing-from-south-of-the-sahara-is-too-good-to-miss-1.277646|website=The National|date=23 October 2014 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref>