A. IGONI BARRETT WAS BORN IN THE COASTAL CITY OF PORT-HARCOURT, NIGERIA, IN 1979, THE SON OF A JAMAICAN FATHER AND A NIGERIAN MOTHER. HE LIVED AND GREW UP IN TOWNS AND CITIES ALONG THE NIGER DELTA AND WEST COAST OF NIGERIA. HE NOW WRITES FROM IMIRINGI, A TINY VILLAGE IN THE SOUTHERNMOST TIP OF NIGERIA. IGONI ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, WHERE HE STUDIED AGRICULTURE, HIS SECOND PASSION. HE IS A PRACTICING FARMER. IGONIâ??S SHORT FICTION HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PUBLISHED ON laurahird.com, laughterloaf, siglamag.com AND farafina-online.com. HIS SHORT STORY, â??THE PHOENIXâ??, WON THE 2005 BBC SHORT STORY COMPETITION. HIS FIRST BOOK, AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES TITLED â??FROM CAVES OF ROTTEN TEETHâ??, WAS PUBLISHED IN 2005.
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