Jide Adesina, the literary pen name of Olujide Stephen Adesina, is a Nigerian-American writer, poet, screenwriter, and cybersecurity consultant whose words traverse continents and generations. Born of Yoruba heritage and shaped by diasporic experience, his storytelling weaves through the corridors of memory, identity, justice, and love.
From the floating slums of Makoko to the snow-covered streets of Toronto, Jide’s work reflects the harsh truths of migration and the enduring hope of survival. His critically acclaimed novel, Between Borders: Lost in the Shadows of a Cold Country, has positioned him as a powerful voice in contemporary African literature—blending poetic melancholy with political urgency.
But Jide Adesina is not only a novelist; he is a cinematic dreamer. His screenplay When Justice Burns is currently in development for TV and film—a gripping, high-stakes geopolitical thriller that unfolds between Nigeria and the United States. In this story, science, espionage, and legacy collide as a secret formula hidden in the past becomes a global race for power.
Other upcoming works include When the Heart First Embraced, a soulful, romantic memoir that captures a love forged in university days and tested by distance, time, and fate. In The Tales of Destiny, Jide returns to his roots, curating a collection of modern African fables that bridge ancestral wisdom with contemporary life. Meanwhile, The Rise and Fall of Abasta offers a bold political satire—a fictional republic that mirrors the failures and aspirations of the African continent.
Jide’s pen is both sword and sanctuary. Whether writing from the lens of a child in a canoe or a professor hunted by foreign intelligence, his stories are deeply human, unapologetically African, and universally resonant. He writes not just to entertain, but to heal, provoke, and inspire—always with the quiet force of a man who knows that borders may divide nations, but stories unite us all.
