Àlàbá Ònájìn author page

Àlàbá Ònájìn biography

Àlàbá Ònájìn is a graphic novelist and illustrator from Lagos, Nigeria. He was chosen as one of the artists for the UNESCO Women in African History project. He wrote and illustrated the picture book Waaa Waaa Goes Táwà, published on 14 November 2023. He also wrote and illustrated Oh No, Ojó!, a picture book published on 15 July 2025 and described as being based on his own childhood.

As an illustrator, Ònájìn illustrated Suuban’s First Day by Shugri Salh for Roaring Brook Press; it went on sale on 27 January 2026. He is also the writer and illustrator of Korobá: The Case of the Missing Kolo, the first book in the Korobá graphic novel series, published by Holiday House on 24 February 2026.