[1][2] Her debut novel, Bitter Leaf (2010), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize – Africa Best First Book 2011.
She moved to Britain at the age of six and attended several boarding-schools, before completing her sixth-form education at North London Collegiate School in Canons, Middlesex.
[4] A poet and short story writer who performed internationally,[5] Okereke had her early work published in Bum Rush The Page and Callaloo literary magazine.
[6] Her debut novel Bitter Leaf was published in 2010 by Virago Press[7] and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Africa Best First Book 2011.
[8] Her latest novel, Water Baby (April 2024), is a coming-of-age tale set in the real life settlement of Makoko, in Lagos, Nigeria and portrays the societal pressure on a young woman trying to escape the confines of her community.