Ayo Oyeku

About The Author

Ayo Oyeku is an Ebedi Residency Fellow and a Human Leadership Fellow. In 2004, he made an early mark when his first children’s book was selected by World Bank (Nigeria) for distribution across libraries in Nigeria.

In 2015, he won the Ezenwa Ohaeto Prize for fiction. He was shortlisted twice for the Golden Baobab Prize in the Early Chapters category, in 2016 and 2018 respectively. In 2020, he won the Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Children’s Literature.

He is a contributor for World Kid Lit and EuroLit.

Books by Ayo Oyeku

The Soot
By Ayo Oyeku
A visually striking picture book where a young girl witnesses her city consumed by soot and discovers how small acts like planting trees can heal the planet, introducing environmental awareness through bold imagery and hope.

When the sky turns black with soot, one curious child d...
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