Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts
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By Marco Oriunto BBC Africa Known to her fans as the "Queen of African Horror", British-Nigerian author Nuzo Onoh says her prestigious literary prize is a signal that African folk horror has finally become an internationally recognised genre. "When I started writing, if you googled 'African horror', what you would get was Aids, war, famine. But now you'll get books, films. They are part of the literary genre pool," she tells the BBC's Focus on Africa.
Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts
Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who…
Nuzo Onoh - the Queen of African horror who is terrified of ghosts
By Marco Oriunto BBC Africa Known to her fans as the "Queen of African Horror", British-Nigerian author Nuzo Onoh says her prestigious literary prize is a signal that African folk horror has finally become an internationally recognised genre. "When I started writing, if you googled 'African horror', what you would get was Aids, war, famine. But now you'll get books, films. They are part of the literary genre pool," she tells the BBC's Focus on Africa.