Nigeria's Youngest Author to Publish Book Aged 7

5 July 2019

Seven-year-old Hafeezat Ademurewa Adegoke has unveiled her first children's story book, titled, 'The Princess and the Witch' to the Nigerian media.

Hafeezat, a Grade 3 Explorer of the reputable Pacesetters Academy, Guzape, Abuja is the first Nigerian youngster to write a book at the age of seven, and second in Africa, after a South African novelist, Michelle Nkamankeng, who authored "Waiting for the Waves" in 2016 at the age of seven.

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