Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo

Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo is a Nigerian author and educator, whose published work includes novels, poetry, short stories, books for children, essays and journalism. She is the winner of several awards in Nigeria, including the Nigeria Prize for Literature.

Quotes

• Bombing the Terrorists with planes from the skies is not enough, we have to go to the source of their sinning souls and bomb them, condemn them and shame them, with all the power of our pens, our computers, our smartphones and our creative works!
  • Analysis on how to counter insecurity

• Our writers must continue to educate our people and promote the cause of nation-building by producing powerful, inspiring and enduring works of art.
  • The role of Nigerian literature

• ....The prestige African literature enjoys globally today is a result of the ground-breaking work done by Achebe (especially with his Things Fall Apart) and a few other writers like him.
  • From her interview published by Munyori Literary Journal

• In a society, a woman should be able to tolerate others, work with others and maintain a very humble attitude towards others but at the same time be herself.
  • Describing what she means by snail sense feminism
• It reaffirms our belief that excellence transcends form, whether written, spoken, or filmed. The Creative Arts Prize challenges creators to confront truth, explore memory, and translate lived experience into meaningful work. At the same time, the focus on Poetry for The Nigeria Prize for Literature recognises the genre’s enduring role as a tool for reflection, resistance, and social inquiry, with a unique capacity to distil memory and interrogate complex realities
  • Entries open for NLNG-sponsored literature, science, creative arts prizes,Gregory Austin Nwakunor,7 February 2026
• The trauma of insecurity in Nigeria today is a subject that should engage our writers. They need to write about it with the aim of exposing those responsible and shaming them, with the hope that they would change their evil ways
• Whether they are Boko Haram terrorists, Killer herdsmen, kidnappers, bandits, armed robbers, unknown gunmen, rapists, cultists or ritual killer, writers should “bomb” them with words and expose their villainy to the public so that they are brought to book and their evil deeds stopped
• raise their voices against the unprecedented and unspeakable security challenges facing the country at the moment. They should fight with words and not swords
• For many years we were dreaming of a time when we would have our own place where we could gather as writers and discuss matters of interest to our association. This is a dream come true. I am glad it is happening in my lifetime. I greet all of you who managed to come to Abuja from far and near with deep affection and great respect. ANA will live long! ANA will become stronger and reunite under one umbrella again
• For a very long time, black people were featured in other people’s histories and their cultural productions as sub-humans, irrational beings and people without civilization or history. Africa was regarded as the ‘dark continent
  • Nigerian writers should ‘bomb’ criminals with words – Prof Adimora-Ezeigbo,Osa Amadi,November 7, 2021
• Every entry will be read thoroughly and assessed against standards that have been carefully built and sustained over time
• The winning work becomes more than a prize recipient; it becomes a benchmark
  • Nigeria Prize for Literature records 223 entries as adjudication begins,Emmanuel Muna,April 22, 2026

Quotes about Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo

• My mum always taught us not to expect favours but to work hard to make our way in life and to aim to get things through merit.
  • Her daughter's reply when asked what ways has her mother's name opened doors for her (2 April 2017)

• Men and women complement each other in a home and in the society at large. God has given each a place, a role and responsibilities. It does not make one any better than the other or give any the right to lord it over or ill-treat the other.
  • Her perspective on idea of feminism (2017)

• I believe this was their way of ensuring we understood our heritage, where we came from, who we were and what we stood for. I think that is really key for any child to know who they are and be proud and confident in that."
  • Her decision of using only native names (April 2017)