Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke Emezi (born June 6, 1987, Umuahia, Nigeria) is an lgbo and Tamil writer and video artist, best known for their debut novel Freshwater. He based in liminal spaces. Their art practice is located in the metaphysics of Black spirit and uses video, performance, writing, and sculpture to create rituals processing their embodiment as a nonhuman entity/an ogbanje/a deity's child. Emezi signed a two-book deal with Riverhead Books. The first, The Death of Vivek Oji, is expected to come out on August 4, 2020, and is available for pre-order