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Chibundu Onuzo


Born
Lagos, Nigeria

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Nigeria in 1991 in Lagos and is the youngest of four children. She is a History graduate from King's College London and is currently an MSc student in Public Policy at the University College of London.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 29,358 ratings · 3,019 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
Sankofa
3.85 avg rating — 21,436 ratings — published 2021 — 21 editions
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Welcome to Lagos
3.78 avg rating — 3,881 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions
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The Spider King's Daughter
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“I knew that when you had fallen, the memories that charted your decline became invaluable.”
― Chibundu Onuzo, The Spider King's Daughter
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“Be courageous, not brave. Bravery was to dash out of the bomb shelter and grab the child left crying on the veranda. Courage was to go to the stream the day after a bomb had scattered your friend on that path because water must be fetched to sustain the life that was left.”
― Chibundu Onuzo, Welcome to Lagos
tags: bravery, inspirational
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“If you prefer sitting in traffic to sitting at your desk, if you pass office hours waiting for closing time, if you spend more time on Facebook than you do attending to important emails then perhaps it's time for you to consider quitting your job.”
― Chibundu Onuzo, Welcome to Lagos
tags: inspirational, irony, work
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