Nnamdi Ehirim is a Nigerian writer whose work often explores the intimate tensions between personal histories and public landscapes.. His debut novel, Prince of Monkeys, was published by CounterPoint Press in 2019, and his second novel, The Brevity of Beautiful Things, was by Ouida Books in 2025.
Here are his 5 favourites:
1.Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde (Nigeria, Fiction)
2.The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohammed Mbourga Sarr (Senegal, Fiction)
3.Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Ghana, Fiction)
4.The Eternal Audience of One by Remy Ngamije (Namibia, Fiction)
5.The Hope of Floating has Carried us So Far by Precious Arinze (Nigeria, Poetry)
