Chika Unigwe's books include De Zwarte Messias, Night Dancer, On Black Sisters Street, Ije at School, and A Rainbow for Dinner. She has taught at Haverford College, University of Ghent, and for the Farfina Writing Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. 

She was Bonderman Assistant Professor of the Practice in Literary Arts at Brown University during the 2016-2017 Academic Year.