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Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian writer. He is the author of Say You're One of Them (2008), a collection of five stories (each set in a different African country) published by Little, Brown & Company. The book inspired Angelique Kidjo to write the song "Agbalagba". It made the Best of the Year list at People magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and other places. The New York Times made it the Editor's Choice, and Entertainment Weekly listed it at #27 in their Best of the Decade. Say You're One of Them won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region), the Open Book Prize, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. A New York Times and Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, it has been translated into 12 languages. It won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the PEN Open Book Award, and was picked by the Oprah

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  • Uwem Akpan és un escriptor nigerià que va conèixer la fama el 2009 amb la seva col·lecció de relats Tu digues que ets un d'ells (Say You’re one of Them). (ca)
  • Uwem Akpan (* 19. Mai 1971 in Ikot Akpan Eda, damals Cross River State, heute Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria) ist ein nigerianischer Schriftsteller und Priester. (de)
  • Uwem Akpan (Nigeria, 17 de mayo de 1971) es un escritor nigeriano que saltó a la fama en 2009 con su colección de relatos Tú di que eres uno de ellos (Say you´re one of them).​​ (es)
  • Uwem Akpan è uno scrittore nigeriano. (it)
  • Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian writer. He is the author of Say You're One of Them (2008), a collection of five stories (each set in a different African country) published by Little, Brown & Company. The book inspired Angelique Kidjo to write the song "Agbalagba". It made the Best of the Year list at People magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and other places. The New York Times made it the Editor's Choice, and Entertainment Weekly listed it at #27 in their Best of the Decade. Say You're One of Them won the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa Region), the Open Book Prize, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. A New York Times and Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, it has been translated into 12 languages. It won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the PEN Open Book Award, and was picked by the Oprah (en)
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