{"id":989,"date":"2024-05-21T18:13:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/?post_type=writer&#038;p=989"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:16:17","slug":"abubakar-adam-ibrahim","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/writer\/abubakar-adam-ibrahim\/","title":{"rendered":"Abubakar Adam Ibrahim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a Nigerian creative writer and journalist. His debut short-story collection The Whispering Trees was longlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2014, with the title story shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. \\n\\nIbrahim has won the BBC African Performance Prize and the ANA Plateau\/Amatu Braide Prize for Prose and in 2014, he was selected for the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. \\n\\nHis first novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms, won the Nigerian Prize for Literature, Africa\u2019s largest literary prize in 2016. \\n\\nHe is the Features Editor at the Daily Trust newspaper. Ibrahim\u2019s reporting from North-East Nigeria has won particular critical acclaim. In May 2018 he was announced as the winner of the Michael Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, awarded by the International Center for Journalists, for his report \u201cAll That Was Familiar\u201d, published in Granta magazine. \\n\\n\u2018Dreams and Assorted Nightmares\u2019 is his third book and second collection of short stories. &quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1061761,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-textstyleruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;5&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:21}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:101,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:121}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:155,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:184}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:235,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:266}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:407,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:415}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:539,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:565}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:683,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:694}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1004,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1010}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1026,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1058}\" data-sheets-hyperlinkruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:155,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etisalat_Prize_for_Literature&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:184}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:235,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caine_Prize&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:266}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:407,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Africa39&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:415}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:683,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daily_Trust&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:694}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1004,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Granta&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1010}\"><em>Abubakar Adam Ibrahim<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the award-winning author of acclaimed novels and short story collections. His debut novel, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Season of Crimson Blossoms<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, won the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, while his latest, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When We Were Fireflies<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. His work has been translated into multiple languages and recognised internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is a Nigerian creative writer and journalist. His debut short-story collection The Whispering Trees was longlisted for the inaugural Etisalat Prize for Literature in 2014, with the title story shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. \\n\\nIbrahim has won the BBC African Performance Prize and the ANA Plateau\/Amatu Braide Prize for Prose and in 2014, he was selected for the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. \\n\\nHis first novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms, won the Nigerian Prize for Literature, Africa\u2019s largest literary prize in 2016. \\n\\nHe is the Features Editor at the Daily Trust newspaper. Ibrahim\u2019s reporting from North-East Nigeria has won particular critical acclaim. In May 2018 he was announced as the winner of the Michael Elliot Award for Excellence in African Storytelling, awarded by the International Center for Journalists, for his report \u201cAll That Was Familiar\u201d, published in Granta magazine. \\n\\n\u2018Dreams and Assorted Nightmares\u2019 is his third book and second collection of short stories. &quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1061761,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-textstyleruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;5&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:21}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:101,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:121}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:155,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:184}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:235,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:266}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:407,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:415}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:539,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:565}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:683,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:694}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1004,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:1136076},&quot;9&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1010}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1026,&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;6&quot;:1}}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1058}\" data-sheets-hyperlinkruns=\"{&quot;1&quot;:155,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etisalat_Prize_for_Literature&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:184}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:235,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caine_Prize&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:266}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:407,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Africa39&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:415}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:683,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daily_Trust&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:694}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1004,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Granta&quot;}\uee10{&quot;1&quot;:1010}\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A regular columnist, he is most recently a fellow of the IWP Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, where he is also completing a PhD in Journalism. He is a recipient of several other international writing fellowships. He is also the author of two critically acclaimed short story collections, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whispering Trees<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dreams and Assorted Nightmares<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1715,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"writer_category":[],"writer_tag":[],"class_list":["post-989","writer","type-writer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","thb-post-share-style1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.1 (Yoast SEO v26.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Abubakar Adam Ibrahim - Masobe Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/writer\/abubakar-adam-ibrahim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abubakar Adam Ibrahim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is the award-winning author of acclaimed novels and short story collections. 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