Jude Dibia (born 5 January 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian novelist.
[1] In 2007, he won the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose for his novel Unbridled.
Walking with Shadows is said to be the first Nigerian novel that has a gay man as its central character and that treats his experienpositivegreat insight, inviting a positive response to his situation.
Unbridled, too, stirred some controversy on its publication; it is a story that tackles the emancipation of its female protagonist, who had suffered incest and various abuse from men.
[2] Dibia's short stories have appeared on various online literary sites, including AfricanWriter.com and Halftribe.com.