Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (born 1939) is a Nigerian academic, a literary critic and writer.
She taught at Sarah Lawrence College and she is best known for her articles and books concerning the theory of Womanism and the African Diaspora.
The book examined the work of eight Nigerian women writers, namely Zaynab Alkali, Simi Bedford, Buchi Emecheta, Funmilayo Fakunle, Flora Nwapa, Eno Obong, Ifeoma Okoye, and Adaora Lily Ulasi.
[4] Ogunyemi was professor of literature and also chair of global studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.
[5] In collaboration with Tuzyline Jita Allan, Ogunyemi edited an anthology of essays, entitled Twelve Best Books by African Women: Critical Readings, which was published in 2009.