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Chris Abani, the Glossary

Christopher Abani (born 27 December 1966) is a Nigerian American and Los Angeles- based author.^[1]

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20th-century Nigerian novelists
Crime fiction writers
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winners
Igbo novelists
Igbo poets
Igbo-language writers
Imo State University alumni
Nigerian people of English descent
Nigerian publishers (people)
People from Ebonyi State
Political prisoners in Nigeria
Prisoners and detainees of Nigeria

Afikpo

Ehugbo often referred to as Afikpo, is the second largest urban area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

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Akashic Books

Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher, formed in 1997.

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In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work, whether that work is in written, graphic, or recorded medium.

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A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States.

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Becoming Abigail

Becoming Abigail is a 2006 novella by Nigerian writer Chris Abani.

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Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a research university located in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London.

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Blackbird (journal)

Blackbird is an online journal of literature and the arts based in the United States that posts two issues a year, May 1 and November 1.

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Bomb (magazine)

Bomb (stylized in all caps as BOMB) is an American arts magazine edited by artists and writers, published quarterly in print and daily online.

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Book of the Month

Book of the Month (founded 1926) is a United States subscription-based e-commerce service that offers a selection of five to seven new hardcover books each month to its members.

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Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater.

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Commonwealth Club of California

The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California.

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Commonwealth Foundation prizes

Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011.

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Copper Canyon Press

Copper Canyon Press is an independent, non-profit small press, founded in 1972 by Sam Hamill, Tree Swenson, Bill O'Daly, and Jim Gautney, specializing exclusively in the publication of poetry.

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Death row

Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Ebonyi State

Ebonyi State (Ȯra Ebonyi) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by Benue State, Enugu State to the west, Cross River State to the east and southeast, and Abia State to the southwest.

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Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original

The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback or eBook Original was established in 1970.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Essence (magazine)

Essence (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly lifestyle magazine covering fashion, beauty, entertainment, and culture.

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GraceLand

GraceLand is a 2004 novel by Chris Abani, which tells the story of a teenager named Elvis, who is trying to get out of the ghettos of Lagos, Nigeria.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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Hurston/Wright Legacy Award

The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards program in the United States honors published Black writers worldwide for literary achievement.

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Igbo language

Igbo (Standard Igbo: Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.

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Igbo people

The Igbo people (also spelled Ibo" and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, / / Eboans, Heebo; natively Ṇ́dị́ Ìgbò) are an ethnic group in Nigeria.

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Imo State University

The Imo State University (IMSU) in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria was established in 1981 through law No.

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International Dublin Literary Award

The International Dublin Literary Award (Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bhaile Átha Chliath), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English.

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Kate Durbin

Kate Durbin is an American, Los Angeles, California-based writer, digital and performance artist.

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Kwame Dawes

Kwame Senu Neville Dawes (born 28 July 1962) is a Ghanaian poet, actor, editor, critic, musician, and former Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of South Carolina.

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Lannan Literary Awards

The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation.

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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2009

List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2009: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.".

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List of Nigerian writers

This is a list of Nigerian writers.

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List of people from Ebonyi State

The following is a list of notable people whose state of origin is Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Chris Abani and list of people from Ebonyi State are people from Ebonyi State.

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List of TED speakers

This is a partial list of people who have spoken or otherwise presented at official TED conferences such as TED, TED@, TEDActive, TEDCity, TED-Ed, TED-NY, TEDGlobal, TEDSummit, TEDIndia, TEDSalon, TEDWomen, TEDYouth, TED Fellows Retreat, and TED Talks Education.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction

The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, established in 1980, is a category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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Nigerian Americans

Nigerian Americans (Ṇ́dị́ Naìjíríyà n'Emerịkà; Yan Amurka asalin Najeriya; Àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà Amẹ́ríkà) are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry.

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Nigerians

Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria.

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Northwestern University

Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois.

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Official

An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior or employer, public or legally private).

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Opposition (politics)

In politics, the opposition comprises one or more political parties or other organized groups that are opposed to the government (or, in American English, the administration), party or group in political control of a city, region, state, country or other political body.

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PEN American Center inactive awards

Awards presented by the PEN American Center (today PEN America) that are no longer active.

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PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel

The PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel is awarded annually to a full-length novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a full-length book of fiction.

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PEN/Open Book

PEN/Open Book (known as the Beyond Margins Award through 2009) is a program intended to foster racial and ethnic diversity within the literary and publishing communities, and works to establish access for diverse literary groups to the publishing industry.

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Percival Everett

Percival Everett (born December 22, 1956) is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

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Play (theatre)

A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading.

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Poet

A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.

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Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Foundation is a United States literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture.

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Prince Claus Fund

The Prince Claus Fund is an independent foundation dedicated to culture and development.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani

Also known as Abani, Chris, Christopher Abani.

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Chris Abani, the Glossary

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See also

20th-century Nigerian novelists

Crime fiction writers

Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winners

Igbo novelists

Igbo poets

Igbo-language writers

Imo State University alumni

Nigerian people of English descent

Nigerian publishers (people)

People from Ebonyi State

Political prisoners in Nigeria

Prisoners and detainees of Nigeria

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