# List of Nigerian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Nigeria or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Hafsat Abdulwaheed (born 1952), author, poet, writing in Hausa
* Dadasare Abdullahi (1918–1984), first female journalist from Northern Nigeria, non-fiction writer, educator
* Catherine Acholonu (1951–2014), researcher, author, playwright, socio-political activist, professor
* Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988), novelist, short story writer
* Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (born 1963), human rights activist, non-fiction writer
* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), novelist, short story writer, non-fiction writer
* Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo
* Abimbola Alao (active since the 1990s), non-fiction writer, short story writer, translator
* Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 1983), short story writer
* Nana Asma’u (1793–1864), princess, poet, teacher
* Sefi Atta (born 1964), novelist, short story writer, playwright
* Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer
* Ayo Ayoola-Amale (active since 2000), poet, lawyer, cultural educator

## B

* Simi Bedford (active since the 1990s), novelist

## E

* Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), novelist, children's writer, playwright, lived in Britain
* Rosemary Esehagu (born 1981), Nigerian-American novelist

## F

* Bilkisu Funtuwa (active since 1994), Hausa novelist

## I

* Jordan Ifueko (born 1997), fantasy writer
* Bassey Ikpi (born 1976), spoken-word poet, writer, mental health advocate
* Elizabeth Isichei (born 1939), non-fiction writer, historian, educator
* Betty Irabor, website magazine columnist

## K

* Karen King-Aribisala (active since 1990), novelist, short story writer

## M

* Amina Mama (born 1958), non-fiction writer, educator
* Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968), Anglo-Nigerian novelist, short story writer, essayist
* Angela Miri (born 1959), academic and poet

## N

* Nkiru Njoku (born c. 1980), screenwriter
* Martina Nwakoby (born 1937), children's writer, novelist
* Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), novelist, short story writer, poet, children's writer, first African woman novelist published in Britain
* Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976), novelist, humorist, essayist, journalist

## O

* Taiwo Odubiyi (born 1965), romance novelist, children's writer, religious columnist
* Molara Ogundipe (born 1940), poet, critic, non-fiction writer
* P. A. Ogundipe (1927–2020), educator and first Nigerian woman to be published in English
* Chioma Okereke, Nigerian-born poet, author and short story writer
* Julie Okoh (born 1947), playwright, feminist, educator
* Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), science fiction and fantasy writer, Nigerian-American Nnedi Okorafor
* Ifeoma Okoye (born 1937), novelist, short story writer, children's writer
* Chinelo Okparanta (active since 2010), Nigerian-American short story writer, educator
* Ukamaka Olisakwe (born 1982), feminist writer, short story writer, screenwriter
* Ayodele Olofintuade, novelist and journalist
* Nuzo Onoh (born 1962), African Horror writer
* Osonye Tess Onwueme (born 1955), playwright, scholar, poet
* Ifeoma Onyefulu (born 1959), children's writer, novelist, photographer
* Bukola Oriola (born 1976), Nigerian American journalist, autobiographer
* Ayisha Osori (active since the late 1990s), lawyer, journalist, business executive
* Helen Ovbiagele (born 1944), romance novelist
* Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984), novelist

## P

* Charmaine Pereira (active since the 1990s), feminist scholar, non-fiction writer

## S

* Abidemi Sanusi (active since 2000), novelist
* Mabel Segun (born 1930), poet, children's writer
* Taiye Selasi (born 1979), novelist, short story writer, photographer
* Lola Shoneyin (born 1974), poet, novelist
* Zulu Sofola (1935–1995), Nigeria's first published female playwright, educator

## T

* Grace Oladunni Taylor (fl.1970–2004), biochemist, non-fiction writer
* Teresa Meniru (1931–1994), children's writer

## U

* Ada Udechukwu (born 1960), poet and artist
* Purity Ada Uchechukwu (born 1971), academic
* Adaora Lily Ulasi (born 1932), journalist, novelist
* Rosina Umelo (born 1930), short story writer, children's writer
* Chika Unigwe (born 1974), novelist, short story writer
* Pauline Uwakweh or Pauline Onwubiko, writer and academic

## W

* Molara Wood (born 1969) journalist, short story writer
* Myne Whitman (born 1977), romance novelist

## Y

* Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (born 1959), romance novelist