When We Were Fireflies Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

When We Were Fireflies

by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

First published 2023

Dublin Award 2024 · Longlist

Prizes

2024
Dublin Literary Award
Longlist

About the author

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, born 1979, Nigeria.

Subjects

Catalogue record

Author: Ibrahim, Abubakar Adam, 1979–
Statement: When We Were Fireflies / Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.

Book facts

Records: Wikidata

Catalogue data checked 2 October 2026

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