Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor is a Nigerian writer whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Litro Magazine, Harvard University’s Transition Magazine, Warscapes, Columbia Journal, and elsewhere. A 2018 Rhodes Scholar finalist, he has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction. He is an alumnus of the 2015 Association of Nigerian Authors Creative Writing Workshop and the 2016 Short Story Day Africa Writing Workshop, and a two-time recipient of the Festus Iyayi Award for Excellence for Prose and Playwriting (2015/2016).
Stories in Smokelong Quarterly
Story: Hum. Breathe. Stop.
Story:
A Case of Fire
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors: An Interview with Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor
Story:
Boy
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors: An Interview with Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor
Story:
Watch, Watching
Interview: Smoke and Mirrors: An Interview with Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor
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