Nigerian novelist appointed Professor of creative writing at Brown University

Nigerian novelist Chika Unigwe has been awarded a teaching position at Brown University, a prestigious American university located in Providence, Rhode Island.

"I’ve just been offered a one year Bonderman Professorship position at Brown University. I begin next semester. #ThankGod #honored #thrilled" she posted on Twitter.

The Bonderman professorship is a one-to-three-year teaching appointment in the Department of Literary Arts at Brown University.

Unigwe is one of two writers awarded the position.

On Black Sister’s Street, her book about African prostitutes living and working in Belgium, went on to win the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2012.

Unigwe was listed as one of the Sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature.

She lived in Turnhout, Belgium, with her husband and four children.She emigrated to the United States in 2013.

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