Jude Dibia
Jude Dibia (born 5 January 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian novelist.[1] In 2007, he won the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose for his novel Unbridled. He has been shortlisted for awards such as Nigeria Prize for Literature, the Commonwealth Prize and the Swedish Natur och Kultur Pris.[2]
Education
[edit]Dibia studied at the University of Ibadan, and earned a B.A. in Modern European Languages (German).[1]
Career
[edit]Jude's novels have been described as daring and controversial by readers and critics in and out of Africa. Walking with Shadows is said to be the first Nigerian novel that has a gay man as its central character and treats his experience as a positive and great insight, inviting a positive response to his situation. Unbridled, too, stirred some controversy on its publication; it is a story that tackles the emancipation of its female protagonist, who had suffered incest and various abuse from men.[3]
Dibia's short stories have appeared on various online literary sites, including AfricanWriter.com and Halftribe.com. One of his short stories is included in the anthology One World: A global anthology of short stories, alongside stories by such critically acclaimed writers as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri.[4]
Academic analysis of Jude Dibia's writings
[edit]- Sesan, Azeez Akinwumi. Sexuality, Morality and Identity Construction in Jude Dibia's Walking with Shadows. Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2018): 453–468.
- Sotunsa, Ebunoluwa Mobolanle & Festus Alabi. The Portrayal of Homosexuality in Jude Dibia's Walking with Shadows. Ibadan Journal of English Studies 7 (2018):437-452.
- Olalemi, Oluwatimilehin Josiah. Culture Shock In Jude Idibia's Unbridled and Amma Darko's Beyond the Horizon. Academia.edu (2019): 1 - 58
- Raz Ion. The Quiet Radicalism of the African Literary Icon Jude Dibia. Gay45 (2025)
Award
[edit]- Winner for the 2007 Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose for Unbridled[5]
- Finalist for the 2007 Nigeria Prize for Literature award for Unbridled
- Recipient of the Natur och Kultur Priz 2016[6]
Works
[edit]- Walking with Shadows (BlackSands Books, 2005)[7]
- Among Strangers (Short Story/2007)[8]
- Unbridled (2007)[9]
- Blackbird (2011).[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Onyeka Nwelue, "Interview: Walking Shadows with Jude Dibia", Nigeria Village Square, 22 July 2006.
- ^ "Jude Dibia Archives - Cassava Republic Press". Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ^ "Constant Reader - Short Stories: "Among Strangers" by Jude Dibia Showing 1-4 of 4". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ 引越しするなら｜アリさんマークの引越社の評判は？ Archived 2017-09-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- ^ "Jude Dibia, Author at AfricanWriter.com". AfricanWriter.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ https://www.nok.se/priser-stipendier-stod/stipendier/natur--kulturs-sarskilda-stipendier/tidigare-mottagare/
- ^ Amazon.com. ISBN 141161934X.
- ^ Dibia, Jude (2007-05-11). "Among Strangers: A Short Story by Jude Dibia". AfricanWriter.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ^ Dibia, Jude (2008). Unbridled. Jacana Media. ISBN 978-1-77009-526-7.
- ^ ""Love Holds Things Together": Jude Dibia | Sampsonia Way Magazine". Retrieved 2020-05-27.
External links
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- "I want to tell stories people are not bold enough", Sun newspaper, November 1, 2005.
- Olusola Agbaje, "12 Things You Didn’t Know About Jude Dibia", Aphroden.
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