Ibo girl becomes The UK’s No.1 Best Black Student Of 2012

 

The thrilling feeling we have celebrating 22 year old Emmanuel Ohuabunwa two days back hasn’t washed off when this came up again. 21 year old Chibundu Onuzo has just been named UK’s Number 1 best black student. Despite the precarious state of Nigeria as at today, the world still can not disclaim the fact that we are living legends that will always have effect on the world.
The award was given by Rare Rising Stars. With this award, she is the first woman to top the list.
The 21 year old who got her first book deal at age 1 9, while still an undergraduate student at King’s College London, (she signed a two novel deal with U.K. publishing heavy weight, Faber & Faber), was also profiled by CNN when Nigeria marked her 50th independence anniversary.
Her latest book “The Spider King’s Daughter has already started garnering critical acclaim. It has been nominated for the £10,000 more and watch a brief video of her after the jump
Desmond Elliott Prize for debut novelists alongside a Booker prize-nominated Oxford professor.