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Stephen Buoro
Novelist

Stephen Buoro

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Writing The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

Born
1993
Birthplace
Ososo

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Stephen Buoro

Stephen Buoro is a Nigerian novelist whose debut follows an adolescent navigating faith, desire and identity in northern Nigeria.

Early life

Childhood

Born in Ososo and raised partly in Kontagora; began writing after his father died.

Career

  1. Before fiction

    Mathematics

    Earned a mathematics degree and briefly taught the subject.

  2. 2018

    Writing scholarship

    Received the Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship at the University of East Anglia.

  3. 2023

    Debut novel

    Published The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.

Selected work

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

A coming-of-age novel set in Kontagora.

Beyond work

Education

Completed postgraduate study in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

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