Career

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a Nigerian writer and journalist. He holds a Bachelor in Mass Communication from the University of Jos. He is a Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellow (2013), a Civitella Ranieri Fellow (2015) and was included in the Africa39 anthology of the most promising sub-Saharan African writers under the age of 40.

His first novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms, was published in 2015 by Parrésia Publishers in Nigeria and by Cassava Republic Press in the United Kingdom (2016).

Abubakar is the Arts Editor of the Daily Trust newspaper, and lives in Abuja, Nigeria.

Achievements

• His debut short story collection The Whispering Trees was longlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2014, with the title story shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. Ibrahim has won the British Broadcasting Corporation African Performance Prize and the ANA Plateau/Amatu Braide Prize for Prose. He was a mentor on the 2013 Writivism programme and judged the Writivism Short Story Prize in 2014.

Works

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  • The Whispering Trees

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  • The Whispering Trees by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (2012-12-19)