Novels | Short Stories | Poetry | Non-Fiction | Educational Material | Dissertation
Interviews | In Translation | Audiobooks | Miscellaneous
Interviews | In Translation | Audiobooks | Miscellaneous
Novels
- The Phoenix (Lagos: Farafina, 2007). First published in Dutch translation as De Feniks, trans. Hans van Riemsdijk (Amsterdam & Antwerp: Meulenhoff Manteau, 2005).
- On Black Sisters' Street (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009). First published in Dutch translation as Fata Morgana, trans. Hans van Riemsdijk (Amsterdam & Antwerp: Meulenhoff Manteau, 2007).
- Night Dancer (London: Jonathan Cape, 2012). First published in Dutch translation as Nachtdanser, trans. Hans van Riemsdijk (Antwerp: De Bezige Bij, 2011).
- The Black Messiah (unpublished in English). Published in Dutch translation as De Zwarte messias, trans. Hans van Riemsdijk (Antwerp: De Bezige Bij, 2013).
- The Middle Daughter (Edinburgh: Canongate, 2023).
- Grace (Edinburgh: Canongate, forthcoming in 2025).
- Better Never than Late (Abuja & London: Cassava Republic, 2019).
Short Stories Published in Journals and Books
- 'Why the Tortoise has a Cracked Shell', Voices: Wisconsin Review of African Languages and Literatures (2002).
- "The Yellow Catapult', Sea of Voices, Isle of Story: A WIWA Anthology of Best Contemporary Writers, ed. Celeste Mergens & Marian Blue (Eugene OR: Triple Tree, 2003).
- 'That Bit of Sule', Lines in the Sand: New Writings on War and Peace, ed. Mary Hoffman & Rhiannon Lassiter (London: Frances Lincoln, 2003).
- 'Borrowed Smile', Wasafiri 39 (Summer 2003), pp. 30-32. Also published on AfricanWriter.com, 21 May 2005.
- 'The Curse', Muse Apprentice Guild (Fall 2003).
- 'The Secret', Open Wide Magazine 4.1 (2004). Also published in Seventh Street Alchemy: A Selection of Writings from the Caine Prize for African Writing 2004, ed. Nick Elam (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2005), pp. 74-83.
- 'Thinking of Angel', Eclectica Magazine 8.1 (January-February 2004).
- 'Dreams', Eclectica Magazine 8.1 (January-February 2004).
- 'On the Train to Leuven', Wasafiri 42 (Summer 2004), pp. 15-18.
- 'De Smaak van Sneeuw', in De Eerste Keer: Tien jonge talenten aan de start van hun schrijversloopbaan (Antwerp: Manteau & Standaard, 2004), pp. 82-97. Short story originally written in Dutch. Republished in the textbook Focus 6 (DeBoeck, 2012).
- 'The Swelling Word', Moving Worlds, 4.2 (2005), pp. 53-61.
- 'Possessing the Secret of Joy', Wasafiri 46 (Winter 2005), pp. 27-29. Also published in African Love Stories, ed. Ama Ata Aidoo (Banbury: Ayebia Clarke, 2006), pp. 222-230.
- 'Working Woman', DrumVoices Revue 13.1&2 (Southern Illinois University Press, Spring-Fall 2005), p. 111ff.
- 'Weathered Smiles', Spirit of the Commonwealth (London: CBA, 2005).
- 'The Burial of Mazi Ude', 16 Nigerian Female Writers, ed. Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (USA: Ishmael Reed Publishers, 2005).
- 'Anonymous', El Ghibli 3.13 (September 2006). Also published in African Presence in Europe and Beyond / Présence africaine en Europe et au-delà, ed. Kathleen Gyssels & Bénédicte Ledent (Paris: L'Harmattan, 2010), pp. 33-40.
- 'Efe', dragonfire 32 (15 December 2006). Also published in Literary Review 52.2 (Winter 2009), pp. 75-85.
- 'The Colour of Freedom', Clam (January 2007).
- 'The Invention of Football and Other Truths', Black Biro 3 (May 2007).
- 'Sugar in My Bowl', in Of Minstrelsy and Masks: The Legacy of Ezenwa-Ohaeto in Nigerian Writing, ed. Christine Matzke, Aderemi Raji-Oyelade & Geoffrey V. Davis (Matatu 33; Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2007), pp. 51-57.
- 'The Day Independence Came', Per Contra 9 (Winter 2007-2008).
- 'Cotton Candy', in Transcultural Modernities: Narrating African in Europe, ed. Elisabeth Bekers, Sissy Helff & Daniela Merolla (Matatu 36; Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2009), pp. 423-431.
- 'Efe', Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing 52.2 (Winter 2009), pp. 75-85.
- 'Going Home', 234 Next, 28 August 2009. Also published in Kenyon Review (Summer 2015).
- 'Waiting', Per Contra 17 (2010).
- 'Saving Agu's Wife', Agni 72 (2010), p. 230ff. Also published in Litro 113 (February 2012), in Europe Now 15 (2018), and in Hearing Voices: The Litro Anthology of New Fiction, ed. Eric Akoto & Dan Coxon (London: Litro, in association with Kingston University Press, 2015).
- 'Hope', Anglistica 15.1 (2011), pp. 19-24.
- 'The Exorcism', Kweli (March 2013).
- 'Love of a Fat Woman', Asymptote, April 2013.
- 'Heart of Darkness', citybooks (2013).
- 'Happiness', Transition 113 (April 2014), pp. 73-89. Also published in All the Good Things around Us: An Anthology of African Short Stories, ed. Ivor Agyeman-Duah (Banbury: Ayebia, 2016).
- 'Perfect', Guardian, 22 October 2014.
- 'Eèchtenteèchtig', in Challenging the Myth of Monolingualism, ed. Liesbeth Minnaard & Till Dembeck (Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2014), pp. 109-116. With an introduction by Elisabeth Bekers (pp. 109-110).
- 'Soham's Mulatto', from Mood indigo, a novel in progress, in Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara, ed. Ellah Wakatama Allfrey (New York: Bloomsbury, 2014).
- 'The Smell of Home', Aljazeera, 7 November 2015.
- 'Bethlehem', One Throne 8 (Winter 2015).
- 'Leaving Meshach', Aster(ix) Journal, 8 December 2016.
- 'The Itinerary of Grief', Out of Print 30 (2018).
- 'Nchekwube', in New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Twentieth and Twenty-First-Century Writing by Women of African Descent, ed. by Margaret Busby (Oxford: Myriad, 2019; New York: HarperCollins, 2019), pp. 617-621.
- 'How to Survive a Heat Wave', Literary Hub, 13 September 2019
- 'The Weight of Love', Wasafiri 34.4, 35th anniversary issue (2019), pp. 62-64. Also published in Isele Magazine (28 June 2020).
- 'A Hand across Her Back', Passa Porta, 26 March 2021.
- Story in Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria, second edition, ed. Nduka Otiono & Odoh Diego Okenyodo (Lagos: Treasure & Mace, 2021).
- 'The Boy You Used to Love', Erotic Review 1 (March 2024).
Collections of poems
- Tear Drops (Enugu: Richardson, 1993).
- Born in Nigeria (Enugu: Onyx, 1995).
Other Poems
- 'I Am', Okike 32 (February 1996), p. 5.
- 'First Steps', Sentinel Poetry 12 (November 2003).
- 'Dying on a Road in Lagos', Sentinel Poetry 12 (November 2003).
- 'Wishes', cnenigeria.com, 2004. No longer online.
- 'At the Dinner Table', cnenigeria.com, 2004. No longer online.
- 'The Picture on the Mantlepiece', cnenigeria.com, 2004. No longer online.
- 'Home Coming of the Been-To', cnenigeria.com, 2004. No longer online.
- 'Depression', cnenigeria.com, 2004. No longer online.
- 'A Road Scene', cnenigeria.com, 2004. No longer online.
- 'Love Ending', nigerians.biz, 2004. No longer online.
- 'My Uncle's Red Vest', nigerians.biz, 2004. No longer online.
- 'Simon Nkeazi', nigerians.biz, 2004. No longer online.
- 'Music On the Radio', nigerians.biz, 2004. No longer online.
- 'Cele Uwa', AfricanWriter.com, 11 June 2005. No longer online.
- 'Seattle, Ash Wednesday', AfricanWriter.com, 11 June 2005. No longer online.
- 'Musings', AfricanWriter.com, 11 June 2005. No longer online.
- 'Looking out the Window', AfricanWriter.com, 11 June 2005. No longer online.
- 'A Plea', AfricanWriter.com, 11 June 2005. No longer online.
- Diep in uw schoot: Nieuwkomers in Turnhout (Turnhout: Warande, 2008). Includes texts by Wouter Van Bellingen & Tom Lanoye, and photos by Bart Van der Moeren.
In English
- 'Sex, Women and (Hu)Woman Rights', USAfricaonline.com, 8 December 2001.
- 'Sex and hypocrisy of Gendered Justice', USAfricaonline.com, 24 January 2002.
- 'To My Friend, Ngozi Adichie: Way to Go!', USAfricaonline.com, 2002.
- 'Igbo Women and Social Change', in Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change: Black Communities and Activism, ed. 'Muyiwa Falaiye & Sandra M. Grayson (Lagos: Foresight, 2005).
- 'Washing Hands and Needing the Loo', Kwenu.com, 2005.
- 'The Burden of my Being', Kwenu.com, 2005. No longer online.
- Review of The Salt Reaper: Poems from the Flats, by Lasana M. Sekou, Postcolonial Text 2.3 (2006).
- 'Speaking Igbo, Writing English: Chika Responds to Suzy', LitNet, 18 April 2007.
- 'Any Old Antwerp Night', Eclectica 11.4 (October-November 2007).
- 'Nigerian Women and Labor Migration', Journal of the African Literature Association 2.2 (Summer-Fall 2008), pp. 116-124.
- 'May I have a small Obama please?', 234 Next, 25 January 2009.
- Lecture delivered at TEDxEuston, 5 December 2009, YouTube, uploaded by TEDx Talks, 9 March 2010.
- 'Nigeria: Fulfilling our lost promise', Guardian, 3 June 2010.
- 'Laurent Gbagbo has put Ivory Coast on a precarious path', Guardian, 21 December 2010.
- 'How to Be an African', African Writing Online 9, 2010.
- 'Boko Haram Is Nigeria's Enemy', Guardian, 22 January 2012.
- 'Wealth, Power and Religion', Daily Times, 4 March 2012.
- 'Cappucino of beef, anyone?', Daily Times, 9 March 2012.
- 'Kids Say the Cutest Things', Daily Times, 18 March 2012.
- 'Don't You Want to Own Fine Things?', Daily Times, 18 March 2012.
- 'Hungry Nigerian Roads', Daily Times, 29 March 2012.
- 'Covering Africa's Rear', Daily Times, 4 April 2012.
- 'Till Death Do Us Part?', Daily Times, 8 April 2012.
- 'Let's Talk about Rape', Daily Times, 15 April 2012.
- 'Fireman! Fireman!', Daily Times, 22 April 2012.
- 'In a Pious Society...', Daily Times, 25 April 2012.
- 'Chika Unigwe on WORLDS Literary Festival', Vintage Books (blog), 13 July 2012. No longer online.
- 'Old wounds run deep', review of There Was a Country, by Chinua Achebe, New Statesman 141.5124 (28 September - 4 October 2012), p. 74. Online version: 27 September 2012.
- 'The Dis-ease of Multiple Identities: The Nature of Diasporan Identity in Caryl Phillips's Strange Fruit', in Caryl Phillips: Writing in the Key of Life, ed. Bénédicte Ledent & Daria Tunca (Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2012), pp. 235-246.
- 'What I'm Thinking About ... Forgiveness and Healing', Guardian, 10 March 2013.
- 'Losing My Voice', Aeon (March 2013).
- 'Achebe freed me to tell my own story', New Statesman 142.5151&5152 (29 March - 11 April 2013), p. 17. A slightly different version of this article was also published as 'A Tribute for Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930 - 21 March 2013), AISCLI Newsletter (Spring 2013), pp. 2-3.
- 'Legalizing Prostitution Brings Protection and Better Care', New York Times, 19 September 2013.
- 'Migrant Nigerian Sex Workers and Feminism', Writing Invisibility: Conversations on the Hidden City (Johannesbur: Mail & Guardian, & ACMS, 2013), pp. 113-121.
- 'Will no one protect Nigeria's students?', Guardian, 19 April 2014.
- 'Tolerance is no longer the key', Guardian, 15 June 2014. Part of a multi-authored feature entitled 'British values, Michael Gove? Here's help from abroad on what they are'.
- 'The World Cup allows Nigerians a moment of joy', Guardian, 28 June 2014. Also published in The Gulf Times, 29 June 2014.
- 'Falling in Love with Brussels', Selamta Magazine, September-October 2014.
- 'Why Nigeria Is Failing Its Citizens over Boko Haram Attacks', Litro, 26 January 2015.
- 'The Transformation of Mama Paulina', Guernica, 16 March 2015.
- 'Former Dictator or Inept Incumbent? Nigeria's Dire Election Choice', Guardian, 27 March 2015.
- 'Crime and Christianity are killing off our religious traditions', Guardian, 9 September 2015.
- 'Nigeria has a new government, but Boko Haram is deadlier than ever', Guardian, 20 November 2015.
- 'The Near-Impossibility of Assimilation in Belgium', New York Times Magazine, 25 November 2015.
- 'A Tale of Two Books' & 'The Danger of A Single Reading: A Case for Cross Cultural Reading', in Erzählte Wirklichkeiten: Tübinger Poetik Dozentur 2014, ed. Dorothee Kimmich & Philipp Alexander Ostrowicz, with Caroline Merkel (Künzelsau: Swiridoff Verlag, 2015).
- 'A Tale of Two Books: A Forgotten Story and Things Fall Apart', Massachusetts Review 57.1 (Spring 2016), pp. 69-76.
- 'Before I Became a Writer, Loretta Reveals, 18 March 2016.
- 'A compelling debut set in northern Nigeria', review of Born on a Tuesday, by Elnathan John, Guardian, 28 April 2016.
- 'Belgium's African diaspora: In the shadow of terror', New African Magazine, 12 May 2016.
- 'Sketches of My Mother', The Missing Slate 14 (Summer 2016), pp. 16-19.
- 'The Danger of Reading The Single Book: A Plea for Cross-Cultural Reading', Fusion, 30 April 2017.
- 'When dreams die, they do not rot: three men, one dream and the theater', Africa is a Country, 23 July 2017.
- 'Why I No Longer Use the Term Game for Bushmeat', Brittle Paper, 7 August 2017.
- 'Ways of Being Black', Litro, 17 March 2018.
- 'The Code Red Pill Generation', Litro, 27 March 2018.
- 'Where Is a Black Human Safe in America?', Litro, 28 July 2018.
- 'The Black Messiah: Writing Equiano', Journal of Commonwealth Literature 55.3 (2020), pp. 449-455.
- 'It's not just Greta Thunberg: why are we ignoring the developing world's inspiring activists?', Guardian, 5 October 2019.
- 'Five things Covid-19 Has Taught Me About Life', Lagos Review, 13 April 2020.
- 'On That Prayer Walk For Trump', Daily Trust, 8 November 2020.
- 'Courage', Passa Porta, 1 December 2020.
- 'The Last Of The -Ember Months', Daily Trust, 6 December 2020.
- 'Spare The Rod And Spoil The Child?', Daily Trust, 20 December 2020.
- 'On Hypocrisy, Classism And Patriotism', Daily Trust, 10 January 2021.
- 'On Young Domestic Workers And Abuse', Daily Trust, 17 January 2021.
- 'On Overwhelming Emotions', Daily Trust, 24 January 2021.
- 'On the Dismissal of a Pregnant, Unmarried Police Officer', Daily Trust, 31 January 2021.
- 'On Disinheriting Igbo Daughters', Daily Trust, 7 February 2021.
- 'Free Yourselves', Daily Trust, 14 February 2021.
- 'Naija Girl Magic', Daily Trust, 21 February 2021.
- 'Emecheta, Buchi', in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History, 2020.
- 'Dismantling The Culture Of Victim Blaming', Daily Trust, 11 March 2021.
- 'Here Comes the African Giant', Daily Trust, 17 March 2021.
- 'The Myth of the "Good African Woman"', Daily Trust, 25 March 2021.
- 'The African Woman (For the "Real" African Man', Daily Trust, 1 April 2021.
- 'To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Expected', Daily Trust, 8 April 2021.
- 'Jack-In-Ghana', Daily Trust, 14 April 2021.
- 'On The School Girls Smoking Shisha', Daily Trust, 22 April 2021.
- 'Enchanté, Goodbye', Babbel, 13 May 2021.
- 'On the Blindness of Privilege: Pastor Paul Adefarasin And His Call For An Exit Plan', Daily Trust, 20 May 2021.
- 'A Quick Note On Depression and Suicide', Daily Trust, 27 May 2021.
- 'One Step at a Time', Daily Trust, 3 June 2021.
- 'Which Way Nigeria?', Daily Trust, 10 June 2021.
- 'Demo-Crazy Day', Daily Trust, 17 June 2021.
- 'A Noncomprehensive Manual For Life And Social Media', Daily Trust, 24 June 2021.
- 'Polit(R)Icking', Daily Trust, 1 July 2021.
- 'Madness Everywhere', Daily Trust, 8 July 2021.
- 'Children's Voices Matter', Daily Trust, 15 July 2021.
- 'Chopping Money', Daily Trust, 22 July 2021.
- 'Dreaming Big Dreams', Daily Trust, 5 August 2021.
- 'Our Culture?!', Daily Trust, 12 August 2021.
- 'Thoughts on Identity', Daily Trust, 19 August 2021.
- 'The Elite Vs The Rest of Us', Daily Trust, 26 August 2021.
- 'Amaechina', in Of This Our Country: Acclaimed Nigerian Writers on the Home, Identity and Culture They Know (London: Borough Press, 2021).
- 'On Yahaya Aliyu', Daily Trust, 2 September 2021.
- 'This Is Someone's Child', Daily Trust, 9 September 2021.
- 'No, You're Not Buying A Baby By Adopting One', Daily Trust, 16 September 2021.
- 'Stop Perpetuating Harmful Gender Norms', Daily Trust, 23 September 2021.
- 'Loving a Country That Does Not Love You Back', Facebook, 2 October 2021.
- 'Living in Dystopia', Daily Trust, 7 October 2021.
- 'Nigerian Cuisine : Victim Of Colo Mentality, See Finish Or Ignorance?', Daily Trust, 14 October 2021.
- 'They Are European Children', Daily Trust, 21 October 2021.
- 'Egedege', Daily Trust, 28 October 2021.
- Head Above Water: The Negotiations of Buchi Emecheta', Republic 5.4 (October-November 2021).
- 'Yellow Sisi', Daily Trust, 4 November 2021.
- 'Flower for Warriors', Daily Trust, 11 November 2021.
- 'Damaging Narratives', Daily Trust, 16 December 2021.
- 'We Are Zamfara', Daily Trust, 13 January 2022.
- 'A Note on Respect', Daily Trust, 20 January 2022.
- 'Stop Victim Blaming', Daily Trust, 27 January 2022.
- 'The Blessed of the Earth', Zeitgeister: International Perspectives from Culture and Society, February 2022.
- 'Where Money Is God', Daily Trust, 3 February 2022.
- 'Why Are Our Buildings Falling?', Daily Trust, 17 February 2022.
- 'Naming Is Neither Innocent Nor Neutral', Daily Trust, 24 February 2022.
- 'Anambra State Is Bleeding', Daily Trust, 3 March 2022.
- '"Mannerless" Young People', Daily Trust, 10 March 2022.
- 'What Kind of Human Are You', Daily Trust, 17 March 2022.
- 'Our People Have Gone Mad Again', Daily Trust, 24 March 2022.
- 'Aluta Continua', Daily Trust, 24 March 2022.
- 'Out of the Abundance of the Heart', Daily Trust, 7 April 2022.
- 'Divorce Is Not a Bad Word', Daily Trust, 14 April 2022.
- 'The Tragedy of Nigeria', Daily Trust, 21 April 2022.
- 'The Nigerian Entrepreneur Who Runs "an Amazon for Blood"', Al Jazeera, 28 April 2022.
- 'Singlehood Is Not a Stigma', Daily Trust, 28 April 2022.
- 'Osumenyi, Et Tu?', Daily Trust, 5 May 2022.
- 'Mothers Dream Too', Daily Trust, 12 May 2022.
- 'Sexual Harassment Is Not Normal', Daily Trust, 19 May 2022.
- 'Whither Anambra?', Daily Trust, 26 May 2022.
- 'Colonisation: A Ridiculous, Self-Aggrandising Project', Daily Trust, 2 June 2022.
- 'Compassion Fatigue', Daily Trust, 9 June 2022.
- 'Show Me Your PVC', Daily Trust, 15 June 2022.
- 'Thinking Out Loud: Naija’s Big Problem with Guns', Daily Trust, 23 June 2022.
- 'On Chicken Gizzard and Other Matters', Daily Trust, 30 June 2022.
- 'Raising Our Girls to Be Quiet', Daily Trust, 7 July 2022.
- 'Naija Youth, Shine Your Eyes and Vote Well', Daily Trust, 14 July 2022.
- 'On Domestic Chores, Marriages and the 21st Century', Daily Trust, 21 July 2022.
- 'Everyone Loves a Winner', Daily Trust, 28 July 2022.
- 'Prophet Jeremiah and His Master Key(s)', Daily Trust, 4 August 2022.
- 'Dr Ozuah, Student Alumni Associations and Our Public Schools', Daily Trust, 11 August 2022.
- 'For Nigerian Students, The Struggle Is Real: Thoughts on ASUU Strikes and Visionless Leaders', Daily Trust, 18 August 2022.
- 'Look upon the Lion and Rejoice', Daily Trust, 25 August 2022.
- 'Is Not This a Lamentable Thing?', Daily Trust, 1 September 2022.
- 'How Are We So Medieval?', Daily Trust, 8 September 2022.
- 'It's all about security', Daily Trust, 15 September 2022.
- 'Of Teachers and Abuse of Power', Daily Trust, 22 September 2022.
- 'When Two Elephants Fight', Daily Trust, 29 September 2022.
- 'Hope Is the Thing with Feathers', Daily Trust, 6 October 2022.
- 'Mental Health Awareness Day 2022', Daily Trust, 13 October 2022.
- 'Beyond the ASUU strike… Chika Unigwe', Daily Trust, 20 October 2022.
- 'On Empowering Girls', Daily Trust, 20 October 2022.
- 'Cautionary Tales?', Daily Trust, 27 October 2022.
- 'One Way Ticket to Paradise', Daily Trust, 3 November 2022.
- 'On Vilomah', Daily Trust, 10 November 2022.
- 'World Kindness Day', Daily Trust, 17 November 2022.
- 'See Something? Say Something', Daily Trust, 24 November 2022.
- 'It’s All about Education! Education! Education', Daily Trust, 1 December 2022.
- 'On Intimate Partner Abuse', Daily Trust, 8 December 2022.
- 'Ignorance Is No Virtue', Daily Trust, 15 December 2022.
- 'On Footballing Dreams', Daily Trust, 22 December 2022.
- 'In Every Night, There’s the Moon', Daily Trust, 29 December 2022.
- 'What Resolutios [sic] Are You Making This Year?', Daily Trust, 5 January 2023.
- 'What Do You Worship?', Daily Trust, 12 January 2023.
- 'On the Power of Dreams', Daily Trust, 19 January 2023.
- 'The Son of the Governor Is Also the Governor? LWKMD!', Daily Trust, 26 January 2023.
- 'Buchi Emecheta, Hero', Daily Trust, 2 February 2023.
- 'We Are What We Consume', Daily Trust, 9 February 2023.
- 'Presidential Election: Hope Is Not a Strategy', Daily Trust, 16 February 2023.
- 'On Narcissism', Daily Trust, 23 February 2023.
- 'Nigeria Is Still Deciding', Daily Trust, 2 March 2023.
- 'The Elections and the Rhetoric of Bigotry', Daily Trust, 9 March 2023.
- 'Marriage-For-Tuition', Daily Trust, 16 March 2023.
- 'On Bigotry and Ethnic Jingoism', Daily Trust, 23 March 2023.
- 'Cash Cows', Daily Trust, 30 March 2023.
- 'On the Middle Daughter', Daily Trust, 6 April 2023.
- 'On Selfishness as a 21st Century "Virtue"', Daily Trust, 13 April 2023.
- 'On "Ships"', Daily Trust, 20 April 2023.
- 'Naija Passport', Daily Trust, 27 April 2023.
- 'First World Issues', Daily Trust, 4 May 2023.
- 'NBM Syndrome', Daily Trust, 11 May 2023.
- 'Stop Using Children as Domestic Help', Daily Trust, 18 May 2023.
- 'On Insecure Men and Successful Women', Daily Trust, 25 May 2023.
- 'So French Accent Is Sexy? Ours, Nko?', Daily Trust, 1 June 2023.
- 'Trenches Immersion', Daily Trust, 8 June 2023.
- 'Dreams, Imitation and Copy-Catting', Daily Trust, 15 June 2023.
- 'Burna Boy, Cancelled Shows and Artistes Behaving Badly', Daily Trust, 22 June 2023.
- 'Trinity Guy and Talentless Content Creators', Daily Trust, 29 June 2023.
- 'On Big, Shiny Baubles', Daily Trust, 6 July 2023.
- 'What's in a Name?', Daily Trust, 13 July 2023.
- 'On the Dangers of a Begging Culture', Daily Trust, 20 July 2023.
- 'On Adoptions, Trafficking in Babies and Our Society', Daily Trust, 27 July 2023.
- 'Old Habits Die (Hard)', Daily Trust, 3 August 2023.
- 'Just Manage Am', Daily Trust, 10 August 2023.
- 'Money-Making Rituals', Daily Trust, 17 August 2023.
- 'Educating Seyi', Daily Trust, 24 August 2023.
- 'On "Nakedizing" Women', Daily Trust, 31 August 2023.
- 'Good News Nigeria!', Daily Trust, 7 September 2023.
- 'Hello (Naija) Man', Daily Trust, 14 September 2023.
- 'Accents and Cultural Imperialism', Daily Trust, 21 September 2023.
- 'What Does Our Society Want?', Daily Trust, 28 September 2023.
- 'The Unfortunate Case of Bigotry in Naija', Daily Trust, 5 October 2023.
- 'Above All Else, Remember That Your Help Is Human Too', Daily Trust, 12 October 2023.
- 'A Few Words on Mental Health', Daily Trust, 19 October 2023.
- 'On Consoling Grievers', Daily Trust, 26 October 2023.
- 'The Unusual Epidemic of "Stolen Organs"', Daily Trust, 2 November 2023.
- 'On Gullibility and Social Media', Daily Trust, 9 November 2023.
- 'Seeds and Weeds', Daily Trust, 16 November 2023.
- 'Dear Young Naija Woman', Daily Trust, 23 November 2023.
- 'The Poor Are Also with Us', Daily Trust, 30 November 2023.
- 'For Better or for Out', Daily Trust, 7 December 2023.
- 'Odellectuals on Social Media', Daily Trust, 14 December 2023.
- 'Fake Drinks, Greed and the Festive Period', Daily Trust, 21 December 2023.
- 'Entitlement and Other Issues', Daily Trust, 28 December 2023.
- 'We Need New Proverbs', Daily Trust, 4 January 2024.
- 'A Triptych: The Trouble with Nigeria in Three Stories', Daily Trust, 11 January 2024.
- 'The Poor Also Get Sick', Daily Trust, 25 January 2024.
- 'Let Punishment Lead the Change', Daily Trust, 1 February 2024.
- 'On Being a Good Neighbour', Daily Trust, 8 February 2024.
- 'Gold Fish Has No Hiding Place', Daily Trust, 15 February 2024.
- 'Wrong Time for a Birthday Bash', Daily Trust, 29 February 2024.
- 'A Nation on the Brink', Daily Trust, 7 March 2024.
- My State of the Nation Address: Updates', Daily Trust, 14 March 2024.
- 'Nigeria: Language, Parenthood, and Online Culture', AllAfrica, 21 March 2024.
- 'Misogyny and Sexism Deluxe: Ada Zenith and Other Stories of Women', Daily Trust, 28 March 2024.
- 'God When?', Daily Trust, 4 April 2024.
- 'On the Contrived Controversy of Air Peace’s Isi Agu uniform', Daily Trust, 11 April 2024.
- 'Boat tragedy: Wake-up call for safety, accountability in Nollywood', Daily Trust, 18 April 2024.
- 'The Problem with the South East', Daily Trust, 25 April 2024.
- 'On Yahaya Bello and the Curious Case of the Nigerian Psyche', Daily Trust, 2 May 2024.
- 'On Landmark Beach and the Coastal Road Project', Daily Trust, 9 May 2024.
- 'Trade-Offs', Daily Trust, 16 May 2024.
- 'Where Marriage Is a Competitive Sport', Daily Trust, 23 May 2024.
- 'On Misguided Etiquette Tips for Young Women Etc', Daily Trust, 30 May 2024.
- 'A Stagnant Nation', Daily Trust, 6 June 2024.
- 'Ubuntu: A Person Is a Person Because of Other People', Daily Trust, 13 June 2024.
- 'Stop Romanticising Our Suffering', Daily Trust, 20 June 2024.
- 'On Disrespect and Speaking Up', Daily Trust, 27 June 2024.
- 'Ah! We in Naija Are Used to It', Daily Trust, 3 July 2024.
- 'The Real Cost of Corruption', Daily Trust, 18 July 2024.
- 'Colourism and Nigeria: Two Truths and a Lie', Daily Trust, 25 July 2024.
- 'Literature and Leadership', Daily Trust, 1 August 2024.
- 'Season of Rage', Daily Trust, 8 August 2024.
- 'The Widow and the Commandant', Daily Trust, 15 August 2024.
- 'Chika Unigwe WMU Campus Talk', YouTube, uploaded by phoenixrebornfilms, 21 August 2024.
- 'Khaki No Be Leather', Daily Trust, 22 August 2024.
- 'On Parentification', Daily Trust, 29 August 2024.
- 'On Miss Universe Nigeria 2024: Merit over Sentiment', Daily Trust, 5 September 2024.
- 'Man or Child?', Daily Trust, 12 September 2024.
- 'On Fear on Ambitious Women, Victim Blaming and Toxicity', Daily Trust, 19 September 2024.
- 'The Danger of a Wealth-Obsessed Society', Daily Trust, 26 September 2024.
- 'Things Fall Apart, Idris Elba, and Manufactured Outrage', Daily Trust, 3 October 2024.
- 'PSA: If You Can’t Be Polite, Don't Engage', Daily Trust, 10 October 2024.
- 'Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right', Daily Trust, 24 October 2024.
- 'Do You Know Who I Am?', Daily Trust, 31 October 2024.
- 'First Lady Tinubu and Always Missing the Mark', Daily Trust, 7 November 2024.
- 'The Celebration of Image over Integrity', Daily Trust, 14 November 2024.
- 'Our Healthcare Crisis', Daily Trust, 21 November 2024.
- 'Chidimma: She Came, She Saw, She Conquered', Daily Trust, 28 November 2024.
- 'On Nostalgia and Hope', Daily Trust, 5 December 2024.
- 'Nigeria Police and Nyamanyama Behavior', Daily Trust, 12 December 2024.
- 'Out of the Abundance of the Heart', Daily Trust, 7 April 2022.
- 'Divorce Is Not a Bad Word', Daily Trust, 14 April 2022.
- 'The Tragedy of Nigeria', Daily Trust, 21 April 2022.
- 'The Nigerian Entrepreneur Who Runs "an Amazon for Blood"', Al Jazeera, 28 April 2022.
- 'Singlehood Is Not a Stigma', Daily Trust, 28 April 2022.
- 'Osumenyi, Et Tu?', Daily Trust, 5 May 2022.
- 'Mothers Dream Too', Daily Trust, 12 May 2022.
- 'Sexual Harassment Is Not Normal', Daily Trust, 19 May 2022.
- 'Whither Anambra?', Daily Trust, 26 May 2022.
- 'Colonisation: A Ridiculous, Self-Aggrandising Project', Daily Trust, 2 June 2022.
- 'Compassion Fatigue', Daily Trust, 9 June 2022.
- 'Show Me Your PVC', Daily Trust, 15 June 2022.
- 'Thinking Out Loud: Naija’s Big Problem with Guns', Daily Trust, 23 June 2022.
- 'On Chicken Gizzard and Other Matters', Daily Trust, 30 June 2022.
- 'Raising Our Girls to Be Quiet', Daily Trust, 7 July 2022.
- 'Naija Youth, Shine Your Eyes and Vote Well', Daily Trust, 14 July 2022.
- 'On Domestic Chores, Marriages and the 21st Century', Daily Trust, 21 July 2022.
- 'Everyone Loves a Winner', Daily Trust, 28 July 2022.
- 'Prophet Jeremiah and His Master Key(s)', Daily Trust, 4 August 2022.
- 'Dr Ozuah, Student Alumni Associations and Our Public Schools', Daily Trust, 11 August 2022.
- 'For Nigerian Students, The Struggle Is Real: Thoughts on ASUU Strikes and Visionless Leaders', Daily Trust, 18 August 2022.
- 'Look upon the Lion and Rejoice', Daily Trust, 25 August 2022.
- 'Is Not This a Lamentable Thing?', Daily Trust, 1 September 2022.
- 'How Are We So Medieval?', Daily Trust, 8 September 2022.
- 'It's all about security', Daily Trust, 15 September 2022.
- 'Of Teachers and Abuse of Power', Daily Trust, 22 September 2022.
- 'When Two Elephants Fight', Daily Trust, 29 September 2022.
- 'Hope Is the Thing with Feathers', Daily Trust, 6 October 2022.
- 'Mental Health Awareness Day 2022', Daily Trust, 13 October 2022.
- 'Beyond the ASUU strike… Chika Unigwe', Daily Trust, 20 October 2022.
- 'On Empowering Girls', Daily Trust, 20 October 2022.
- 'Cautionary Tales?', Daily Trust, 27 October 2022.
- 'One Way Ticket to Paradise', Daily Trust, 3 November 2022.
- 'On Vilomah', Daily Trust, 10 November 2022.
- 'World Kindness Day', Daily Trust, 17 November 2022.
- 'See Something? Say Something', Daily Trust, 24 November 2022.
- 'It’s All about Education! Education! Education', Daily Trust, 1 December 2022.
- 'On Intimate Partner Abuse', Daily Trust, 8 December 2022.
- 'Ignorance Is No Virtue', Daily Trust, 15 December 2022.
- 'On Footballing Dreams', Daily Trust, 22 December 2022.
- 'In Every Night, There’s the Moon', Daily Trust, 29 December 2022.
- 'What Resolutios [sic] Are You Making This Year?', Daily Trust, 5 January 2023.
- 'What Do You Worship?', Daily Trust, 12 January 2023.
- 'On the Power of Dreams', Daily Trust, 19 January 2023.
- 'The Son of the Governor Is Also the Governor? LWKMD!', Daily Trust, 26 January 2023.
- 'Buchi Emecheta, Hero', Daily Trust, 2 February 2023.
- 'We Are What We Consume', Daily Trust, 9 February 2023.
- 'Presidential Election: Hope Is Not a Strategy', Daily Trust, 16 February 2023.
- 'On Narcissism', Daily Trust, 23 February 2023.
- 'Nigeria Is Still Deciding', Daily Trust, 2 March 2023.
- 'The Elections and the Rhetoric of Bigotry', Daily Trust, 9 March 2023.
- 'Marriage-For-Tuition', Daily Trust, 16 March 2023.
- 'On Bigotry and Ethnic Jingoism', Daily Trust, 23 March 2023.
- 'Cash Cows', Daily Trust, 30 March 2023.
- 'On the Middle Daughter', Daily Trust, 6 April 2023.
- 'On Selfishness as a 21st Century "Virtue"', Daily Trust, 13 April 2023.
- 'On "Ships"', Daily Trust, 20 April 2023.
- 'Naija Passport', Daily Trust, 27 April 2023.
- 'First World Issues', Daily Trust, 4 May 2023.
- 'NBM Syndrome', Daily Trust, 11 May 2023.
- 'Stop Using Children as Domestic Help', Daily Trust, 18 May 2023.
- 'On Insecure Men and Successful Women', Daily Trust, 25 May 2023.
- 'So French Accent Is Sexy? Ours, Nko?', Daily Trust, 1 June 2023.
- 'Trenches Immersion', Daily Trust, 8 June 2023.
- 'Dreams, Imitation and Copy-Catting', Daily Trust, 15 June 2023.
- 'Burna Boy, Cancelled Shows and Artistes Behaving Badly', Daily Trust, 22 June 2023.
- 'Trinity Guy and Talentless Content Creators', Daily Trust, 29 June 2023.
- 'On Big, Shiny Baubles', Daily Trust, 6 July 2023.
- 'What's in a Name?', Daily Trust, 13 July 2023.
- 'On the Dangers of a Begging Culture', Daily Trust, 20 July 2023.
- 'On Adoptions, Trafficking in Babies and Our Society', Daily Trust, 27 July 2023.
- 'Old Habits Die (Hard)', Daily Trust, 3 August 2023.
- 'Just Manage Am', Daily Trust, 10 August 2023.
- 'Money-Making Rituals', Daily Trust, 17 August 2023.
- 'Educating Seyi', Daily Trust, 24 August 2023.
- 'On "Nakedizing" Women', Daily Trust, 31 August 2023.
- 'Good News Nigeria!', Daily Trust, 7 September 2023.
- 'Hello (Naija) Man', Daily Trust, 14 September 2023.
- 'Accents and Cultural Imperialism', Daily Trust, 21 September 2023.
- 'What Does Our Society Want?', Daily Trust, 28 September 2023.
- 'The Unfortunate Case of Bigotry in Naija', Daily Trust, 5 October 2023.
- 'Above All Else, Remember That Your Help Is Human Too', Daily Trust, 12 October 2023.
- 'A Few Words on Mental Health', Daily Trust, 19 October 2023.
- 'On Consoling Grievers', Daily Trust, 26 October 2023.
- 'The Unusual Epidemic of "Stolen Organs"', Daily Trust, 2 November 2023.
- 'On Gullibility and Social Media', Daily Trust, 9 November 2023.
- 'Seeds and Weeds', Daily Trust, 16 November 2023.
- 'Dear Young Naija Woman', Daily Trust, 23 November 2023.
- 'The Poor Are Also with Us', Daily Trust, 30 November 2023.
- 'For Better or for Out', Daily Trust, 7 December 2023.
- 'Odellectuals on Social Media', Daily Trust, 14 December 2023.
- 'Fake Drinks, Greed and the Festive Period', Daily Trust, 21 December 2023.
- 'Entitlement and Other Issues', Daily Trust, 28 December 2023.
- 'We Need New Proverbs', Daily Trust, 4 January 2024.
- 'A Triptych: The Trouble with Nigeria in Three Stories', Daily Trust, 11 January 2024.
- 'The Poor Also Get Sick', Daily Trust, 25 January 2024.
- 'Let Punishment Lead the Change', Daily Trust, 1 February 2024.
- 'On Being a Good Neighbour', Daily Trust, 8 February 2024.
- 'Gold Fish Has No Hiding Place', Daily Trust, 15 February 2024.
- 'Wrong Time for a Birthday Bash', Daily Trust, 29 February 2024.
- 'A Nation on the Brink', Daily Trust, 7 March 2024.
- My State of the Nation Address: Updates', Daily Trust, 14 March 2024.
- 'Nigeria: Language, Parenthood, and Online Culture', AllAfrica, 21 March 2024.
- 'Misogyny and Sexism Deluxe: Ada Zenith and Other Stories of Women', Daily Trust, 28 March 2024.
- 'God When?', Daily Trust, 4 April 2024.
- 'On the Contrived Controversy of Air Peace’s Isi Agu uniform', Daily Trust, 11 April 2024.
- 'Boat tragedy: Wake-up call for safety, accountability in Nollywood', Daily Trust, 18 April 2024.
- 'The Problem with the South East', Daily Trust, 25 April 2024.
- 'On Yahaya Bello and the Curious Case of the Nigerian Psyche', Daily Trust, 2 May 2024.
- 'On Landmark Beach and the Coastal Road Project', Daily Trust, 9 May 2024.
- 'Trade-Offs', Daily Trust, 16 May 2024.
- 'Where Marriage Is a Competitive Sport', Daily Trust, 23 May 2024.
- 'On Misguided Etiquette Tips for Young Women Etc', Daily Trust, 30 May 2024.
- 'A Stagnant Nation', Daily Trust, 6 June 2024.
- 'Ubuntu: A Person Is a Person Because of Other People', Daily Trust, 13 June 2024.
- 'Stop Romanticising Our Suffering', Daily Trust, 20 June 2024.
- 'On Disrespect and Speaking Up', Daily Trust, 27 June 2024.
- 'Ah! We in Naija Are Used to It', Daily Trust, 3 July 2024.
- 'The Real Cost of Corruption', Daily Trust, 18 July 2024.
- 'Colourism and Nigeria: Two Truths and a Lie', Daily Trust, 25 July 2024.
- 'Literature and Leadership', Daily Trust, 1 August 2024.
- 'Season of Rage', Daily Trust, 8 August 2024.
- 'The Widow and the Commandant', Daily Trust, 15 August 2024.
- 'Chika Unigwe WMU Campus Talk', YouTube, uploaded by phoenixrebornfilms, 21 August 2024.
- 'Khaki No Be Leather', Daily Trust, 22 August 2024.
- 'On Parentification', Daily Trust, 29 August 2024.
- 'On Miss Universe Nigeria 2024: Merit over Sentiment', Daily Trust, 5 September 2024.
- 'Man or Child?', Daily Trust, 12 September 2024.
- 'On Fear on Ambitious Women, Victim Blaming and Toxicity', Daily Trust, 19 September 2024.
- 'The Danger of a Wealth-Obsessed Society', Daily Trust, 26 September 2024.
- 'Things Fall Apart, Idris Elba, and Manufactured Outrage', Daily Trust, 3 October 2024.
- 'PSA: If You Can’t Be Polite, Don't Engage', Daily Trust, 10 October 2024.
- 'Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right', Daily Trust, 24 October 2024.
- 'Do You Know Who I Am?', Daily Trust, 31 October 2024.
- 'First Lady Tinubu and Always Missing the Mark', Daily Trust, 7 November 2024.
- 'The Celebration of Image over Integrity', Daily Trust, 14 November 2024.
- 'Our Healthcare Crisis', Daily Trust, 21 November 2024.
- 'Chidimma: She Came, She Saw, She Conquered', Daily Trust, 28 November 2024.
- 'On Nostalgia and Hope', Daily Trust, 5 December 2024.
- 'Nigeria Police and Nyamanyama Behavior', Daily Trust, 12 December 2024.
In Dutch
- 'Een Rit in het Donker', Parel van 'T Stokt (January 2007).
- 'Een kleine Obama met hesp', De Standaard, 24 January 2009.
- 'Zwart Worden in Zeven Lessen', MO*, 11 February 2010.
- 'Dé booswicht van 2010', De Standaard, 24 December 2010.
- 'Ik ben toch Belg?', De Standaard, 5 March 2011.
- 'De vrouw die weg durfde te gaan', De Standaard der Letteren, 1 April 2011.
- 'Koffie en Koekjes', Kif Kif, 1 September 2011.
- 'Kuifje in Congo en de wereld van nu', Kif Kif, 6 October 2011.
- 'Koken in 't Igbo', Kif Kif, 10 November 2011.
- 'Onze Elio?', Kif Kif, 15 December 2011.
- 'Mijn droom', Kif Kif, 19 January 2012.
- 'Blanke slipjes voor Zimbabwe', De Wereld Morgen, 3 April 2012.
- '"Hun weg is niet de onze"', De Wereld Morgen, 17 April 2012.
- 'Een racistische cake voor westerse kunstkannibalen', De Wereld Morgen, 30 April 2012. In collaboration with David Van Peteghem.
- 'Wat Geert Bourgeois vergeten is', De Wereld Morgen, 22 May 2012.
- 'Wat een vrouw!' ,MO*, 31 October 2012.
- 'Voor eeuwig en een dag allochtoon', MO*, 27 September 2013.
- 'Welkom Sint, maar zonder Piet', MO*, 21 October 2013.
- 'Een beetje meer empathie graag', De Standaard, 2 November 2013.
- 'Pak de pinksterpastoors aan', MO*, 22 November 2013.
- 'De Nigeriaanse babyfabrieken', MO*, 20 December 2013.
- 'Een anti-homowet in het land van corruptie, armoede en terrorisme', MO*, 22 January 2014.
- 'Vijand van heel Nigeria', De Standaard, 24 January 2014.
- 'Zwarte juffen bestaan toch niet?', MO*, 19 February 2014.
- 'Wie is bang van het R-woord?', MO*, 16 March 2014.
- 'België doet alsof het buiten de geschiedenis staat', De Wereld Morgen, 26 March 2014.
- 'Nigeria van kwaad naar erger', MO*, 16 April 2014.
- 'Nigeriaanse overheid #CantBringBackOurGirls', MO*, 13 May 2014.
- 'De revolutie heeft jou nodig!', MO*, 13 June 2014.
- 'Ebola: zout, pastoors en oplichters', MO*, 5 September 2014.
- 'De Amerikaanse nachtmerrie', MO*, 29 September 2014.
- 'De poort naar een andere toekomst', MO*, 27 October 2014.
- 'Rare jongens, die Belgen', MO*, 24 November 2014.
- 'De gift van een nieuwe kans', MO*, 22 December 2014.
- 'Voor de vele doden in Nigeria zelfs geen hashtag', De Standaard, 14 January 2015.
- 'Zwartgemaakte groepen', De Standaard, 26 March 2015. In collaboration with Hans Schippers.
- 'Geen hashtag voor Baga', MO*, 19 January 2015.
- 'Tussen de duivel en de diepe blauwe zee', MO*, 16 February 2015.
- 'Sommige mannen lijden aan een onbehandelde vorm van chauvinisme', MO*, 18 October 2016.
- 'Trump mag onze hoop niet afpakken', MO*, 20 January 2017.
- 'Het gevaar van het lezen van een enkel verhaal: een pleidooi voor crossculture boeken', Jeugdboekenmaand.be, 15 March 2017.
- 'Van slaaf tot selfmade man', De Standaard, 2 November 2018. About Frederick Douglass.
- 'De kolonisatie was het toppunt van arrogantie', trans. into Dutch by Annelies Jossa, revised by Isabelle De Schepper, MO*, 6 January 2022.
- 'Afrikaanse literatuur heeft de Nobelprijs niet nodig om gevalideerd te worden', trans. into Dutch by Jolien Walravens, revised by Noelia Ferreira Vidal, MO*, 13 January 2022.
- 'Laten we vechten om te veranderen wie de literaire poorten bewaakt, niet om wie ons werk vertaalt', trans. into Dutch by Axana Dumoulin, revised by Elmo Geeraerts, *MO, 20 January 2022.
Educational Material and Children's Fiction
- A Rainbow For Dinner (London: Macmillan, 2003).
- Ije at School (London: Macmillan, 2003).
- Obioma Plays Football (Abuja: Cassava Republic, 2023).
- 'In the Shadow of Ala: Igbo Women Writing as an Act of Righting', PhD dissertation, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 2004, 217 pp.
In English
- 'My E-Conversation with Chika Unigwe', by Nnorom Azuonye, Sentinel Poetry, March 2003.
- 'Of Phases and Faces: Unomah Azuah Engages Sefi Atta and Chika Unigwe', Research in African Literatures 39.2 (Summer 2008), pp. 108-116.
- 'Afroeuropa in Conversation with Chika Unigwe', by Daria Tunca, Afroeuropa: Journal of Afroeuropean Studies 2.1 (2008).
- 'My Driving Force is That I Believe I'll Make It, Saturday Tribune, 29 November 2008. No longer online. Focuses on Chika's background, her writing and politics.
- 'TMHO Exclusive! Interview with Chika Unigwe', Tearing My Hair Our, 11 December 2008. No longer online. Focuses Nigeria and Belgium, Chika's writing and sources of inspiration, and her novel On Black Sisters' Street.
- Interview by Bidisha, The Strand, BBC World Service, 3 July 2009.
- Interview by Jane Garvey, Woman's Hour, BBC, 13 July 2009.
- 'Intervista a Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by Afrikanews, 14 September 2009. English with Italian subtitles.
- 'Lati's Corner interviews Chika Unigwe', Lati's Corner, 2009. No longer online. Focuses on biographical facts and Chika's novel On Black Sisters' Street.
- 'In Conversation: Chika Unigwe', interview by Belinda Otas, Belinda Otas, 3 February 2010.
- 'Interview with Chika Unigwe', Black Book News, 10 February 2010. No longer online. Mainly focuses on Chika's novel On Black Sisters' Street, her writing and literary influences.
- 'Interview with Chika Unigwe', by Kalamu ya Salaam, Neo Griot, 26 April 2010.
- Interview with Miriam N. Kotzin, Per Contra 17 (2010).
- 'Chika Unigwe Talks On Black Sisters Street', by Ebele Chizea, Drumtide Magazine, 2010. Also published on Ebys, a Literary Blog, 26 March 2014.
- 'Geosi Reads Interviews Chika Unigwe, Author of On Black Sisters' Street!', Geosi Reads, 31 March 2011.
- 'Chika Unigwe: Interview with the Nigerian writer and poet', by Cristina Ali Farah, Vogue (Italy), 29 August 2011.
- 'Chika Unigwe - Writers Unlimited 2012', by Joke de Haan & Martijn Andernach, YouTube, uploaded by Writers Unlimited Winternachten festival Den Haag, 22 December 2011.
- 'Writers Changing Lives: A Chat with Chika Unigwe', by Nadja Borovac, Worldreader, 13 January 2012.
- 'Chika Unigwe on #OccupyNigeria', by Tom Devriendt, Africa is a Country, 20 January 2012.
- 'Interview: Chika Unigwe', by Mark Colvin, Friday Late, ABC Radio National, 3 February 2012. Audio.
- 'Interview', YouTube, uploaded by Klasgastredactie, 1 June 2012. Part 1 in Dutch, starts with a reading from the Dutch version of Night Dancer. See also parts 2 and 3 in English.
- Interview by Audrey Brown, The Strand, BBC World Service, 8 June 2012.
- 'A Chat with Chika Unigwe!', The Emerge Review, 11 June 2012.
- 'Chika Unigwe talks to Anita Sethi: "The process of writing has changed me completely"', Southbank Centre Blog, 4 July 2012.
- 'Q & A with Chika Unigwe', Edinburgh World Writers' Conference, 20 August 2012.
- 'An Interview with Afro-Belgian Writer Chika Unigwe', by Daniel Musiitwa, Africa Book Club, 1 September 2012.
- 'Enterprising Africans: Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by Africa Web TV, 15 October 2012.
- 'Chika Unigwe talks to ElNathan', by Elnathan John, Daily Times, 2 November 2012.
- 'I come from a catholic home where "sex" wasn't a word – Chika Unigwe', Vanguard, 11 November 2012.
- 'Chika Unigwe Q & A Interview', The Ambrose Ehirim Files, 14 November 2012.
- 'Sleevenotes', The Documentary, BBC World Service, 20 November 2012.
- 'Nigeria: I Have No Idea What to Do With U.S.$100,000 - Unigwe', interview by Laju Arenyeka, Vanguard, 29 November 2012.
- 'High Impact writer: Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by High Impact Tour, 6 January 2013.
- 'I am not a confident writer - Chika Unigwe PT 1', Rubbin' Minds, Channels Television, 27 January 2013, YouTube, uploaded by Channels Television, 27 January 2013. See also part 2.
- 'I had to be on the street as if ready to sell myself – Chika Unigwe', interview by Prisca Sam-Duru, Vanguard, 10 February 2013.
- 'The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2012 Winner - Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by ngrprizeliterature, 13 February 2013.
- 'The 2nd Igbo Language Conference Preview Series Interview... Chika Unigwe', by Chigbo J.P. Ibe, Igbokwenu Radio, 4 April 2013.
- 'On Black Sisters Street', YouTube, uploaded by JB Multimedia Studios, 12 August 2013.
- 'Strangers in Each Other's Countries: A Discussion with Chika Unigwe", interview by Femke van Zeijl, Brittle Paper, 16 October 2013. See also the Dutch original.
- 'An Interview with Chika Unigwe', by Daria Tunca, Vicki Mortimer & Emmanuelle Del Calzo, Wasafiri 75 (Autumn 2013), pp. 54-59.
- 'Winning the NLGN Prize Has Changed My Life', interview by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Daily Trust, 10 November 2013.
- 'Lantana Ball Speaker: Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by WONDER FOUNDATION, 24 March 2014.
- 'Stolen Children, Laura Pegram Interviews Chika Unigwe', Kweli, 11 March 2014.
- '(IR)REVERENCE: Interview with Mellon Creative Residents Chika Unigwe and Niq Mhlongo', by Miriam Hwang-Carlos, Decentered, 3 October 2014.
- 'Caine’s legitimacy comes from its work', interview by Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire, This Is Africa, 17 November 2014.
- 'Chika Unigwe', interview by Paddy O'Reilly, YouTube, uploaded by WheelerCentre, 27 January 2015.
- 'Writing Africa in Belgium, Europe: A Conversation with Chika Unigwe', by Elisabeth Bekers, Research in African Literatures 46.4 (Winter 2015), pp. 26-34.
- 'Interview: Chika Unigwe', by Jack Little, The Ofi Press 41 (April-May 2015). Interview conducted in March 2015.
- 'Chika Unigwe on Modern-day Sex Slavery and the Politics of Belonging', interview by Sanya Osha, AfricanWriter.com, 9 November 2015.
- 'Chika Unigwe on On Black Sisters' Street', interview by Omenka Helen Uchendu, Omenka Helen Uchendu, 8 December 2015.
- 'Author of the Month: Chika Unigwe', interview by Mehreen Fatima Ashfaq, The Missing Slate, 24 September 2016.
- 'Chika Unigwe: When Trepidation Hones the Imagination Into Literary Gems', interview by Chiedu Ezeanah, Premium Times, 3 October 2016.
- '5 Fragen an Chika Unigwe', interview (in English) by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi, Goethe Institut, December 2016.
- 'Chika Unigwe on the African Writers Festival', AfricanWriter.com, 17 February 2017.
- 'Biographical Fiction and the Creation of Possible Lives', interview by Michael Lackey, in Conversations with Biographical Novelists: Truthful Fictions across the Globe, ed. Michael Lackey (New York: Bloomsbury, 2018).
- 'Negofeminism and Art', interview by Rachael Fulton, the common breath, May 2020.
- 'Q&A: Words on the Times - Chika Unigwe', Africa in Words, 19 May 2020.
- 'On Writing Transnational Migration in On Black Sisters' Street (2009) and Better Never Than Late (2019): An interview with Chika Unigwe', by Laura Barberán Reinares, Journal of Postcolonial Writing 56.3 (2020), pp. 411-423.
- 'In je eigen huis mag je een racist zijn', interview with, De Morgen, 24 October 2020. In Dutch.
- 'Assume Knowledge', Republic 5.4 (October-November 2021).
- 'On Chiselling, Pruning and Trimming: Chika Unigwe in Conversation about Better Never Than Late', by Elisabeth Bekers et al., Journal for Literary and Intermedial Crossings 6.2 (2021).
- 'Fata Morgana : Chika Unigwe entre la réalité nigériane et le quartier chaud d'Anvers', by Gilles Bechet, Bruzz, 6 April 2022. In French. Also published as 'UNIGWE, Chika : Fata Morgana (2022)', Wallonica, 8 May 2022.
- 'Au Nigeria, on se prostitue pour un verre d'eau', Le Soir, by Cédric Petit, 15 April 2022. In French.
- '"We Can Write All the Black Joy We Want, It Doesn’t Mean that Black Suffering is Gone": A Conversation with Chika Unigwe', Brittle Paper, 29 March 2023.
- 'Nigerian Female Authors Breaking Boundaries in Diaspora', by Godfrey George , Punch, 21 August 2022.
- 'October 21: Chika Unigwe and Aruni Kashyap in Conversation', by Aruni Kashyap, YouTube, uploaded by Radical Books Collective, 28 November 2023.
- 'Ep41: Chika Unigwe on Rage-Inducing Characters and Systems of Oppression', by Samia Aziz, YouTube, uploaded by The Diverse Bookshelf Podcast, 28 June 2024.
In Dutch
- Goris, Gie, 'Chika Unigwe: "Migreren is ook niet meer wat het was"', MO*, 30 November 2005. In Dutch.
- 'Fictie had me uitgekozen', interview by David Troch, Meander, 2007.
- Interview with Chika Unigwe, by Tom Lanoye & Luc Jansen, LUX XL, Canvas, 28 January 2008. YouTube, uploaded by biblommel, 17 February 2009.
- 'bladwijzer 139 deel1', YouTube, uploaded by Provinciaal Bibliotheekcentrum Antwerpen, 27 January 2009 (segment starts at 1:45). Chika discusses her non-fiction book Diep in uw schoot Nieuwkomers in Turnhout.
- 'De Stoel: Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by BILL beweegt, 12 February 2010.
- 'Chika Unigwe: "Een senator in Nigeria verdient 500.000 dollar per jaar", MO*, 21 January 2012.
- 'Chika Unigwe, Vlaams-Nigeriaans auteur: Er zit altijd een beetje van mezelf in mijn boeken', interview by Winke Brits, Wablieft, 22 February 2012. Scroll down to page 7.
- 'Interview', YouTube, uploaded by Klasgastredactie, 1 June 2012. Part 1 in Dutch, starts with a reading from the Dutch version of Night Dancer. See also part 2 and part 3 in English.
- 'Turnhout: Chika Unigwe heeft prijs', interview by Katrien Lodewyckx, Gazet van Turnhout, 4 December 2012.
- 'Tussen Turnhout en Lagos', interview by Femke van Zeijl, One World, 2 May 2013. See also the English translation.
- 'België is een structureel racistisch land', interview by Jeroen Zuallaert, Knack, 21 May 2013.
- 'Chika Unigwe over literaire prijzen', Cobra, 28 May 2013.
- 'De zwarte messias', Cobra, 28 May 2013. Chika Unigwe discusses Olaudah Equiano.
- 'Schrijfster Chika Unigwe: "De Amerikaanse politie is niet racistischer dan de Belgische"', by Jeroen Zuallaert, Knack, 6 June 2020.
In other languages
- 'Chika Unigwe: "Les protestations au Nigeria ne cesseront pas"', interview by David Van Peteghem, Investig'Action, 20 January 2012. In French. Originally published in Solidaire, the magazine of the PTB party.
- 'La Belgique est un pays structurellement raciste', Le Vif, 22 May 2013. In French. Translated excerpt from 'België is een structureel racistisch land', interview by Jeroen Zuallaert, Knack, 21 May 2013.
As Interviewer
- 'Still Here, Still Queer: PW Talks with Francesca Ekwuyasi', Publishers Weekly, 18 September 2020.
The Phoenix
- De Feniks, trans. into Dutch by Hans van Riemsdijk (Amsterdam & Antwerp: Meulenhoff Manteau, 2007).
On Black Sisters' Street
- Fata morgana, trans. into Dutch by Hans van Riemsdijk (Amsterdam & Antwerp: Meulenhoff Manteau, 2007).
- Le nigeriane, trans. into Italian by Giorgio Testa (Milan: Neri Pozza, 2008).
- Schwarze Schwestern, trans. into German by Ira Wilhelm (Stuttgart, Tropen, 2010).
- En la calle de la hermanas negras, trans. into Spanish by Aida Bahr Valcarcel (Santiago: Editorial Oriente, 2014).
- Fatamorgana, trans. into Polish by Maja Porczyńska-Szarapa (Warsaw: WAB, 2014).
- Fata Morgana, trans. into French by Marguerite (Paris: Globe, 2022).
Night Dancer
- Nachtdanser, trans. into Dutch by Hans van Riemsdijk (Antwerp: De Bezige Bij, 2011).
The Black Messiah
- De zwarte messias, trans. into Dutch Hans E. Van Riemsdijk (Antwerp: De Bezige Bij, 2013).
Short Stories
- 'Un sorriso in prestito', 'Borrowed Smile' trans. into Italian by Ludovica Pisano, El Ghibli 2.8 (June 2005).
- 'Anonima', 'Anynymous' trans. into Italian by Giovanna Zùnica, El Ghibli 3.13 (September 2006).
- 'La Maldizione', 'The Curse transl. into Italian by Daniela Di Palma, 2010.
- 'Pensando an Angel', 'Thinking of Angel' trans. into Italian by Giovanna Zùnica, Bibliomanie.it, undated.
- 'Sogni', 'Dreams trans. into Italian by Giovanna Zùnica, Sagarana, undated.
- '胖女之戀', 'Love of a Fat Woman' translated into Chinese by Hedy Bok, Asymptote, April 2013.
- 'Een arm om haar heen', translated into Dutch by Theo Veenhof, Passa Porta, 26 March 2021.
- 'Une main dans son dos' translated into French by Catherine Gibert, Passa Porta, 26 March 2021.
- On Black Sisters' Street, read by Chinasa Ogbuagu, 8 CDs, unabridged, 9 hours and 30 minutes (Prince Frederick: Recorded Books, 2011).
- 'Confronting "How Different is Different?"', in a section entitled 'Memories, Dreams and Reflections: Wasafiri Tales from Around the World', Wasfiri 59 (Autumn 2009), pp. 92-93.
- De Standaard, 5 March 2011. Chika Unigwe recommends her favourite restaurant in Turnhout.
- 'Are chips really the best thing about Belgium?', by Tamara Gausi, Guardian, 10 June 2011. Several people, including Chika Unigwe, give their opinion about the future of Belgium.
- 'Book Notes - Chika Unigwe (On Black Sisters Street)', largehearted boy, 11 August 2011. Chika creates and discusses a music playlist related to On Black Sisters' Street.
- 'High Impact // Students Workshop with Peter Terrin and Chika Unigwe', YouTube, uploaded by Henriette Louwerse, 11 March 2013.
- My Nigeria: five writers and artists reflect on the place they call home', Guardian, 29 October 2021.
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