Jumoke Verissimo

Olajumoke Verissimo is a writer based in Lagos, Nigeria. She has published some of her works in various journals and books in Nigeria. She keeps writing.

I Write Because I Care For People – Uzodinma Iweala

People Jumoke Verissimo - January 10, 2008

Cutback Arrangement: A Short Story by Jumoke Verissimo

Fiction Jumoke Verissimo - August 12, 2005

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