title: List of Nigerian women writers
text: # 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
  
  * 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
  * Akwaeke Emezi
  * 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
  * Nike Campbell, Nigerian-Ukrainian writer and finance management professional
  
  ## 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
  