Abubakar Adam Ibrahim 

Writer in residence October 2025


T-YARD Writers Residency welcomes Abubakar Adam Ibrahim as our seventh writer in residence in October 2025. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (Jos, 1979) is a Nigerian writer with a background in journalism. His works interrogate memory, trauma, and the intersection of love and hate. He is the author of four books of fiction, including his latest, When We Were Fireflies, which was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Awards and the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature (Africa’s biggest literature prize), which he won with his debut novel, Season of Crimson Blossoms, in 2016. He was also awarded the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling for his non-fiction published in Granta. His works have been translated into German, French, Tamil, and other European languages. He founded the Flame Tree Foundation for Creativity and Media Literacy and is completing his doctorate in Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, US, where he is also a special guest of the Iowa Writers’ Programme for 2025.