Jerry Chiemeke

Jerry Chiemeke is a Nigerian-born writer, journalist and film critic based in the United Kingdom. His writing has appeared in Die Welt, The I Paper, The Africa Report, The British Blacklist, Berlinale Press, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Culture Custodian, Olongo Africa, and elsewhere. Chiemeke’s work has won or been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Ken Saro Wiwa Prize, Diana Woods Memorial Award for Creative Nonfiction, Best Small Fictions, and the Quramo Writers Prize. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed short story collection, "Dreaming of Ways to Understand You."

For his work as a writer and critic, Chiemeke has been invited to the Sundance Film Festival, Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Lagos Book and Art Festival, and Abuja International Poetry Festival.