@AuggieFilms

Writer | Filmmaker

 Phoenix, AZ
youtube.com/channel/UCBWvxe9utUz3BehjFv9GXQw
Joined April 2020
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One of the many problems of Nigeria, is her inability to grapple with her dark past—the Nigeria/Biafra war, religious, ethnic, tribal, and political riots. History was removed from Nigerian school curriculum in 2008, only to be reintroduced years later. Read this piece!
Decolonial Passage@DecolonialPJul 16
This flash nonfiction piece pushes the boundaries of the genre as the narrative voice retraces childhood to adulthood, crosses continents, and compares societies. Read "Time Lapse" by Augustine Obasi @AuggieFilms thedecolonialpassage.net/202…
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The Paris Review
@parisreviewMay 4
“If you don’t like someone’s story, you write your own.” —Chinua Achebe buff.ly/99x2P3O

Chinua Achebe, The Art of Fiction No. 139

On art and politics: “I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens.”

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Chigozie Obioma
@JCObiomaApr 21
Temitope Abiola: The Nigerian Art of Storytelling in Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen 🤓 bellanaija.com/2026/04/temit…

Temitope Abiola: The Nigerian Art of Storytelling in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen | BellaNaija

Obioma's use of natural elements, particularly the river Omi Ala, does more than provide a setting. It establishes an early symbolic current that runs through the novel. - Temitope Abiola. October...

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Brown Daily Herald@the_heraldFeb 27
At a Thursday talk hosted through the Literary Arts Department’s “Writers on Writing” series, author Chigozie Obioma discussed his unique approach to writing about tragedy and read from his most recent novel, “The Road to the Country.” browndailyherald.com/article…

Chigozie Obioma, author of ‘The Road to the Country,’ talks writing on war in lecture

Students in Writers on Writing courses read the book prior to the event.

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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD🕷️@NnediFeb 24
My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR has won the 2026 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction!! 💃🏿🇳🇬🇺🇸🤖 Sigh…wow. 🥹 @naacpimageaward
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Synekura Audio
@synekura_audioJan 4
Ursula K. Le Guin: "We will need writers who can remember freedom"
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As the rest of the world continues to innovate, Nigerians are stuck on regressive policies and derisive tribal rhetorics. It is a shame.
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You live in a society where hard work is neither recognized nor rewarded yet you’re cozying up with your oppressors for crumbs —consciously betraying unborn generations. The things that happen in Nigeria.
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When people are apolitical, it is because they have taken a stand and it is not with the oppressed.
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If assisting my granny that poured all her love into me is what you refer to as “black tax”, then I’m sorry it won’t stop.
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International Culture Night Igbo boy representing 🇳🇬
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The sun ☀️ 🌲🌲
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Photo dump 🇺🇸🎄
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Where flowers bloom, so does hope. 🤲 🌼
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What Yvonne Nelson deserves is praise and support for being brutally honest with us and revealing her pains, failures and successes in her journey through life.
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But it is very disappointing to read how some Twitter users have reduced her new book "I am Not Yvonne Nelson" to a mere narrative of her failed relationships with Iyanya and Sarkodie and the other men - thereby indirectly portraying her as a serial loser instead of a victim
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who was repeatedly cheated on and taking advantage of by the men in her life. Some have even gone further to belittle and devalue the worth of her book by saying that she merely wants to cashout. It's pathetic.
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Barely 24hrs into Tinubu's government but we're already feeling the negative effects. I'm out here queuing and struggling to buy fuel. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
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Happy New Year folks! It's definitely going to be the best one.
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