chika unigwe

writer,mother,wife. The Middle Daughter (2023: Dzanc; Canongate); Grace (Canongate '25;) O. Henry Award Winner '25

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@yinkus_pinkus_ thanks for reading and reviewing

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

My grandma had a clay pot in her room for drinking water. Mamannukwu’s water was my favorite taste for years. What a thrill to discover Uganda’s Pot water brand. Literally tastes like my grandma’s water. Never thought i’d be bringing back water in my suitcase 📷 📷?

[Phil Klay @PhilKlay]

“I believed, and I was as sure as if she had told me, that when she sat alone that way, hurting or not, she was praying. Though I never heard her pray aloud in my life, it seems to me now that I can reproduce in my mind the very voice of her prayers.”

RIP Wendell Berry

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@IseleMagazine fire red!!

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@aeolofintuade my condolences

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@pages_and awwwww!!!!!!!!!Thanks :)

[Sheila Akwany @SAkwany]

The Imagination Gap: Who Gets to Imagine the Future?
This was such a wonderful panel
@akoobooks @ShiroKoinange @MirrianneMahn @chikaunigwe @BeingEdna

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@pages_and Thanks for writing

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@pages_and @PanacheBoizon27 My apologies ooo :)

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

Dolly Parton, Queen of Country Music, Dies at 80 https://t.co/y79N4Xb1XR via @variety

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@imohumoren lol. technically speaking, Victoria is a woman. So maybe women can be islands but not men :)

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@amasonic by their fruits, you shall know which god the place of worship worships

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@KlaWrites #YuGee

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@FrancesOgamba @kasimmam congrats !!!

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

Loved writing this story, so honored to have it on Selected Shorts!!

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

@chikaunigwe ’s O. Henry Prize-winning story “Miracle in Lagos Traffic” has been adapted for audio on Selected Shorts. It is a quietly devastating look at exploitation and who gets to be seen as fully human 🎧📖 https://t.co/36JTIAnuq8

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

Join me at Kampala Writes LitFest 2026! I’ll be speaking at the panel titled The Imagination Gap: Who Gets to Imagine the Future? on Saturday 08/29, 4:00pm–5:30pm at the Uganda National Cultural Centre. Check out the full programme and join us: https://t.co/ySoVfOAjKY @KlaWrites

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

@WTalabi lol! please give us!

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@amabanckou beautiful!!

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@LusakaBookClub so glad to hear, thank you!

[chika unigwe @chikaunigwe]

Thanks for choosing TMD. Wishing you all an enjoyable meeting!!!!

[Lusaka Book Club @LusakaBookClub]

Hello Readers,

It's time for our July meeting. Join the #LusakaBookClub at #MerakiRhodespark as we discuss #TheMiddleDaughter by @chikaunigwe. See you there