Yejide Kilanko
Yejide Kilanko is a Nigerian-Canadian author and social worker known for her fiction that explores themes of violence against women, family dynamics, and cultural displacement. Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, she later immigrated to the United States and then to Canada, where she practices as a psychotherapist in children's mental health. Her debut novel, 'Daughters Who Walk This Path', was a Canadian national bestseller.
Awards
['Nigeria Prize for Literature (longlisted)', 'Etisalat Prize for Literature (longlisted)']
Notable Works
['Daughters Who Walk This Path', 'Chasing Butterflies', 'A Good Name', 'There Is an Elephant in My Wardrobe', 'Juba and The Fireball']
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