My name is Sophia Obianamma Ofuokwu, also known as Soo.
I write fiction and essays rooted in African experience, with a particular interest in African fiction, narrative craft, and literary culture. Much of my work engages questions of language, identity, and storytelling—how stories are told, who tells them, and what they make possible.

My early reading and writing was shaped by European literature, before encountering African fiction that felt closer to home. Reading African writers reshaped how I understood language, place, and possibility, and moved me to emulation. That shift continues to inform both my fiction and my critical writing.

My fiction often explores family, friendship, and love—the quiet things that ground us—while frequently brushing against surrealism and horror. I’m interested in the tension between warmth and unease, familiarity and strangeness, and how these contrasts shape the stories we tell.

Alongside writing, I currently work as a resident editor. I have also served as the fiction editor at Akewi Magazine and as a team editor at Kinsman Quarterly. This editorial background informs how I read and write, sharpening my attention to language, structure, and voice, though this site remains first and foremost a space for my writing.

Here, I publish long-form essays on African fiction, literary notes and reflections, and considered book reviews. The work here is thoughtful rather than hurried—written to linger, question, and return to.

When I’m not writing or editing, I’m usually reading, thinking through story ideas, or watching something strange enough to disrupt my YouTube recommendations for a while.

You’re welcome to explore, read closely, and stay as long as the work holds you.