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Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (born 19 January) is a Nigerian speculative fiction writer, editor and publisher who is the first African-born Black author to win a Nebula Award .[3] [4] World Fantasy Award , British Fantasy Award , Otherwise Award , and two Nommo Awards along with being a multi-time finalist for a number of other honors including the Hugo Award .
Ekpeki frequently writes about disability , class , inequality and other issues related to both colonization and decolonization .[4] [1] [5]
Life
Ekpeki was born in Ughellii, Delta State, Nigeria .[1] University of Lagos .
Writing
Ekpeki began publishing fiction in 2018, with one of his early stories "The Witching Hour" winning the Nommo Award .[6] Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon Otherwise Award [7] BSFA , Sturgeon , Nebula , and Nommo Awards .
In 2021, Ekpeki's climate fiction novelette "O2 Arena" was published in Galaxy's Edge magazine and received the Nebula Award , making him the first African-born Black author to be so honored.[3] Hugo Award and other awards. This Is Africa [4] Asimov's Science Fiction , was a finalist for the 2022 Nebula Award .
Ekpeki's Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology , co-written with Joshua Uchenna Omenga, focuses on the "study of African (and African-descended) religions, gods, and the bodies of knowledge associated with them.[8] [5]
Ekpeki's fiction and non-fiction have also appeared in Omenana Magazine Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores , Tor.com Strange Horizons Uncanny Magazine NBC and other places. He is a member of the African Speculative Fiction Society, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association , the Horror Writers Association , and Codex Writers Group .[citation needed
Editing
Ekpeki has edited a number of books and magazines, starting with the 2020 anthology Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora Zelda Knight ). The anthology won the British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology[9] Locus Award [10] [11]
Ekpeki also edited The Year's Best Speculative Fiction: Volume 1 Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations On Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature In a Pandemic. The anthology is currently a finalist for the Locus Award for Non-Fiction .[12]
In 2022 he co-edited the Tor Books anthology Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction Sheree Renée Thomas and Knight.[1] Locus Award for Best Anthology [12] NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction .[13]
He has also edited individual issues of Invictus Quarterly and Interstellar Flight Press .[1]
Ekpeki has been a multi-time finalist in the editing category for the Hugo and Locus Awards .
Awards and nominations
Bibliography
Collections
Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology , co-written with Joshua Uchenna Omenga (Arc Manor Books, 2023)
Short stories
Ekepki, Oghenechovwe Donald (2018).
Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald (2019).
Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald (2019). "The Mannequin Challenge" . Omenana Magazine . [35]
Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald (2020). "Attack on University of Lagos, Law Faculty". Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire . Mocha Memoirs Press.
Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald (2021). [36]
Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald (2022). "Destiny Delayed" . Asimov's Science Fiction , May–June 2022.
Novellas
Oghenechovwe Donald, Ekepki (2020). "Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon". Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora . Auriela Leo.
Anthologies
Oghenechovwe Donald, Ekpeki, ed. (2022). Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations on Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature in a Pandemic . Jembefola Press. [37]
Oghenechovwe Donald, Ekpeki, ed. (2021). The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021)
Oghenechovwe Donald, Ekpeki; Knight, Zelda, eds. (2020). Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora
Thomas, Sheree Renée; Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald; Knight, Zelda, eds. (2022). Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction . New York: Tordotcom.
References
^ a b "First African-born Black Nebula Award winner faces death threats & hostile embassy to attend WorldCon " by Sumiko Saulson, San Francisco Bay View , 13 October 2022.
^ a b c "Historic Nebula winner Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki came for everything" by Onai Stanely Mushava, This Is Africa , 2 June 2022.
^ a b "Between Dystopias: The Road to Afropantheology ," starred review, Publishers Weekly
^ "Africanjujuism, fantasy and the African culture " by Franca Nwogu, The Sun , 17 September 2022.
^ "Nigeria's Oghenechovwe Ekpeki Wins $1,000 International Writing Prize " by Soonest Nathaniel, Channels TV , 8 September 2021.
^ "Africa Revisted: afropantheology and the Best African Speculative Fiction" , ArcManorBooks.com. Accessed 13 May 2023.
^ locusmag (27 September 2021). "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners" . Locus Online . Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ locusmag (26 June 2021). "2021 Locus Awards Winners" . Locus Online . Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ locusmag (7 September 2021). "2020 This Is Horror Awards Winners" . Locus Online . Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022 .
^ a b "2023 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists ," Locus Magazine, 28 April 2023.
^ "Africa Risen Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Literary Work " by Molly Templeton, Tor.com , 19 January 2023.
^ "The 2019 Nommo Award Winners - African Speculative Fiction Society" . www.africansfs.com .
^ "Nomination Result for 2020 Long list" . Retrieved 3 August 2021 .
^ Mike Glyer (19 April 2020). "2020 Nommo Nominations Longlist" . File770. Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
^ Murua, James (25 February 2021). "African writers on British Science Fiction Awards 2020 shortlists" .
^ "2020 This Is Horror Award Nominees" . 26 April 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021 .
^ "Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald: Past nominations and wins" . Nebula Awards . Retrieved 3 May 2021 .
^ "Nebula Awards 2021" . www.sfadb.com . Retrieved 3 May 2021 .
^ "2020 Otherwise Award" . Otherwise Award . 18 December 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
^ Mike Glyer (7 September 2021). "2020 Otherwise Award" . File770 . Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
^ "2021 Nommo Awards Winners ," Locus Magazine , December 17, 2021.
^ "2021 Locus Award Top Ten Finalist" . May 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021 .
^ "British Fantasy Awards 2021: winners announced" . Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
^ "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners" . Locus Magazine . 27 September 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022 .
^ Ogunyemi, Ernest (25 February 2021). "Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Shortlisted for Theodore Sturgeon Award 2021" .
^ "SFWA Announces the Winners of the 57th Annual Nebula Awards®" (Press release). Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . 21 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022 .
^ "2022 Hugo Awards" . The Hugo Awards . 7 April 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
^ "Announcing the 2022 Hugo Award Finalists" . 7 April 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022 .
^ "Ekpeki Wins World Fantasy Awards 2022 ," agency report, Daily Trust , November 20, 2022.
^ "2022 Hugo, Lodestar and Astounding Awards" (PDF) . The Hugo Awards . Retrieved 17 September 2022 .
^ "Here Are the Winners of the 2022 Nebula Awards! " by Molly Templeton, Tor.com , May 15, 2023.
^ "2022 Analog AnLab Award and Asimov’s Science Fiction’s Readers' Award Winners ," File770 , June 1, 2023.
^ "The Mannequin Challenge by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki" . omenana.com . 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2023 .
^ Ekpeki, Oghenechovwe Donald (13 January 2022). "O2 Arena" . Apex Magazine . Retrieved 30 April 2023 .
^ "Bridging Worlds: Global Conversations On Creating Pan-African Speculative Literature In a Pandemic" . Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki . 10 September 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2023 .
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