We Need New Names

2013 novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
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We Need New Names

Summary

We Need New Names is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Need New Names authored NoViolet Bulawayo[3].
  • We Need New Names's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • We Need New Names's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • We Need New Names was published on May 2013[6].
  • We Need New Names's described by source is recorded as Perspectives of Zimbabwe–China relations in Wallace Chirumiko’s ‘Made in China’ (2012) and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2013)[7].
  • We Need New Names's described by source is recorded as Taking Pictures: The Economy of Affect and Postcolonial Performativity in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names[8].
  • We Need New Names's nominated for is recorded as Booker Prize[9].
  • We Need New Names's title is recorded as We Need New Names[10].
  • We Need New Names's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[11].
  • We Need New Names's form of creative work is recorded as novel[12].

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Authorship and Creation

We Need New Names authored NoViolet Bulawayo[3].

Publication

We Need New Names was released on May 2013[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Why It Matters

We Need New Names ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . thebookerprizes.com. thebookerprizes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13w ago · MSGJ · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 2013 novel by NoViolet Bulawayo
    Language of work or name → English
    Described by source → Perspectives of Zimbabwe–China relations in Wallace Chirumiko’s ‘Made in China’ (2012) and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names (2013), Taking Pictures: The Economy of Affect and Postcolonial Performativity in NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names
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