Lola Akande (born 3 October 1965) is a Nigerian academic and fiction writer. She has published three novels and a collection of short stories including the award winning _What It Takes_ and her latest novel, __The Truth about Sadia_ which is endorsed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
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| Born | Lola Akande 3 October 1965 Oke-Ode, Ifelodun, Kwara, Nigeria) |
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| Period | 1986–present |
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| Notable work | What It Takes, The Truth about Sadia |
| Notable awards | Association Of Nigerian Authors Prize for Prose Fiction 2017 Association Of Nigerian Authors Prize for Short Story 2022 |
Life and career
Akande was born on 3 October 1965 in Kwara state, Nigeria. She teaches African literature in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos.[1][2]Her first novel, In Our Place, was published in 2012 by Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited,[2] which was subsequently followed by What It Takes, which was published in 2016.[2]In 2020, she published a collection of short stories [1][3] which won the ANA award for Short Story, in 2022.
Published works
Lola Akande has published four works of fiction, a monograph and several academic publications.[4]
Novels
- Akande, Lola. 2023. The Truth about Sadia. Lagos: Tunmike Pages.
- Akande, Lola . 2020. Suitors Are Scarce in Lagos. Lagos: Tunmike Pages.
- Akande, Lola. 2018. Where Are You From? Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited.
- Akande, Lola. 2016. What It Takes Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited.[5]
- Akande, Lola. 2012. In Our Place Ibadan: Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited
Short stories
- Akande, Lola. 2019 "I Fixed It" published in the anthology: Sisi Eko. Lagos: Farafina
- Akande, Lola. 2013 "Camouflage" published in the anthology: Dream Chasers. Ibadan: Nelson Fiction
Monograph
Akande, Lola. (2019) The City in the African Novel - A Thematic Rendering of Urban Spaces. Lagos: Tunmike Pages
Awards
Her work, What It Takes in 2017 earned her the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction.[6]
Her collection of Short Stories, Suitors Are Scarce in Lagos won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Short Story 2022.