Ukamaka Olisakwe

Essays & Stories:

‘A Woman Among Women‘ | The Republic
“Maybe Now, Maybe Never” | Guernica & Olongo Africa
“I’m Done Listening to My Family About How to Be a ‘Good’ Mother” | Catapult
“Ogadinma” | GRANTA
“After Three Children, Reclaiming My Body and My Mind”| Longreads
Don’t Answer When They Call Your Name (an Excerpt) | The Johannesburg Review of Books
“Postpartum Interiorities” | Isele Magazine
“Lova Lova” | Google Arts & Culture
“Best Book of Any Year” | GRANTA
“Finding My Freedom Within Marriage and Motherhood“| Catapult
“Growing Up Fearful in Nigeria” | The New York Times
“Mothers | Waxwing Magazine
“In Nigeria, An Election to Believe in | The New York Times
“Being a Woman in Nigeria“| IWP Collections
“This is How I Remember It” | Africa39
“The Myth of the Lazy Mothers”| The Rumpus
Tiny Story| UNICEF
“Is It Still Beautiful?“| Brittle Paper
“Spiritual Attack” |Saraba
“Something Had Changed” | Popula
“Slut” | The Other Foundation / Gerald Kraak Prize
“The Grasscuters Curse” | The Other Foundation / Gerald Kraak Prize
“Nkem’s Nightmare” | Jalada

TV:

Agoodjie (in production) | Studio Canal / Canal+
The Calabash | Mnet/Africa Magic Showcase

Interviews & Profiles: