Helen Oyeyemi

HO is often considered with other writers known as third-generation Nigerian
Hron, Madelaine. “’Ora Na-Azu Nwa’: The Figure of the Child in Third-Generation Nigerian Novels”. Research in African Literatures, Vol.
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, No. 2, pp. 27-48.
or more generally with Black British writers. She gained very early acclaim and has been prolific, mainly working in the novel genre (with some drama and short fiction) in ways that are experimental in form and capacious in themes.

Milestones

28 September 1984

Helen Oyeyemi , a Nigerian-British writer, was born in Nigeria, where she lived until the age of four.
Adams, James. Too Talented to be This Young. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/too-talented-to-be-this-young/article1085702/.
Low, Gail. “Helen Oyeyemi (1984-)”. British Writers, Supplement 18, Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 223-36.
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27 April 2004

HO 's play Juniper's Whitening was first performed by a drama company of students, the Fletcher Players Society ,
Oyeyemi, Helen. Juniper’s Whitening and Victimese. Methuen.
at the Corpus Playroom of the University of Cambridge.
Abram, Nicola. “Sensory Signification in Juniper’s Whitening and Victimese”. Telling it Slant: Critical Approaches to Helen Oyeyemi, Sussex Academic Press, pp. 93-112.
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Biography

Birth and Family

28 September 1984

Helen Oyeyemi , a Nigerian-British writer, was born in Nigeria, where she lived until the age of four.
Adams, James. Too Talented to be This Young. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/too-talented-to-be-this-young/article1085702/.
Low, Gail. “Helen Oyeyemi (1984-)”. British Writers, Supplement 18, Charles Scribner’s Sons, pp. 223-36.
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