Teju Cole

I was born to Nigerian parents and grew up in Lagos. My mother taught French. My father was a business executive who exported chocolate. The first book I read (I was six) was an abridgment of Tom Sawyer. At fifteen I published cartoons regularly in Prime People, Nigeria’s version of Vanity Fair. Two years later I moved to the United States.Since then, I’ve spent most of my time studying art history, except for an unhappy year in medical school. I currently live in Brooklyn.
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time (Berlin Family Lectures)

Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time (Berlin Family Lectures)

Teju Cole

Blind Spot

Blind Spot

Teju Cole

Every Day Is for the Thief

Every Day Is for the Thief

Teju Cole

Known and Strange Things: Essays

Known and Strange Things: Essays

Teju Cole

Open City

Open City

Teju Cole

Tremor

Tremor

Teju Cole