Lola Akande
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Lola Akande (born 3 October 1965) is a Nigerian academic and fiction writer. She has published three novels and a collection of short stories including the award winning _''What It Takes''_ and her latest novel, _''_The Truth about Sadia''_ which is endorsed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)


Life and career

Akande was born on 3 October 1965 in Kwara state, Nigeria. She teaches African literature in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts,
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. Her first novel, ''In Our Place'', was published in 2012 by Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited, which was subsequently followed by ''What It Takes'', which was published in 2016. In 2020, she published a collection of short stories which won the ANA award for Short Story, in 2022.


Published works

Lola Akande has published four works of fiction, a monograph and several academic publications.


Novels

* Akande, Lola. 2023. ''The Truth about Sadia''. Lagos: Tunmike Pages. * Akande, Lola . 2020. ''Suitors Are Scarce in'' ''Lagos''. Lagos: Tunmike Pages. * Akande, Lola. 2018. ''Where Are You From?'' Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. * Akande, Lola. 2016. ''What It Takes'' Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited. * Akande, Lola. 2012. ''In Our Place'' Ibadan: Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited


Short stories

* Akande, Lola. 2019 "I Fixed It" published in the anthology: Sisi Eko. Lagos: Farafina * Akande, Lola. 2013 "Camouflage" published in the anthology: Dream Chasers. Ibadan: Nelson Fiction


Monograph

Akande, Lola. (2019) The City in the African Novel - A Thematic Rendering of Urban Spaces. Lagos: Tunmike Pages


Awards

Her work, ''What It Takes'' in 2017 earned her the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction. Her collection of Short Stories, ''Suitors Are Scarce in Lagos'' won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Short Story 2022.


References

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