ErnestBhabor

Filmmaker/Author/Stroke survivor

Stories of resilience and identity, told on the page and on screen, from Brooklyn, New York.

Sapele → Ibadan → New York, 2002 → Brooklyn
New book: Dec 5 Amazon author page Get in touch
Books

On the page

See every title on Ernest’s Amazon author page →

Cover of Rochelle… Rochelle… My Rochelle by Ernest Bhabor
Coming December 5, 2026

Rochelle… Rochelle… My Rochelle

A Nurse’s Courageous Fight Against Colon Cancer

Rochelle began as a nursing aide and became a registered nurse, and she kept working through the worst of COVID because her patients needed her. At home she was a wife and mother who ran, gathered recipes from everywhere, and held the family together for almost twenty years.

Then came a Stage IV colon cancer diagnosis. Through surgeries, chemotherapy and hospice, she kept lifting up everyone around her, laughing, loving and leaning on her faith to the end. This is a husband’s tribute to the woman who cared for everyone, and a story of love, family and resilience for anyone facing life’s hardest battles.

Format
Paperback & ebook
Length
166 pages · 27 chapters
Release
Dec 5, 2026
Available
Amazon
Cover of Apathy: Stockholm Syndrome by Ernest Bhabor
Coming January 15, 2027

Apathy

Stockholm Syndrome

“They thank the hands that hold them.”

A novel of modern Nigeria, where poverty, political corruption and youth crime press on ordinary lives, and where so many dream of japa, the escape abroad. Told in vivid scenes, Apathy asks why people come to depend on the very systems that hold them down. It is dedicated to ordinary Nigerians.

Format
Paperback 6 × 9 in
Length
About 250 pages
Release
Jan 15, 2027
Genre
Novel
Cover of Charade: Transactional Love by Ernest Bhabor
Coming March 25, 2027

Charade

Transactional Love

“Every morning at six: Good morning, King.”

A novel about love that comes with conditions, and the quiet manipulation that can hide inside a relationship. An independent feature film adaptation is in development.

Format
Paperback 6 × 9 in · Kindle
Release
Mar 25, 2027
Genre
Novel
Film
In development
Cover of Live Again by Ernest Bhabor
Available now

Live Again

How I Survived a Stroke, Aphasia, and Reclaimed My Life

“A stroke stole his voice. He chose to live again.”

Ernest’s own story of surviving a stroke, relearning language through aphasia, and building his life back. A memoir of survival, resilience and hope.

Format
Paperback · Kindle · Audiobook
ISBN
979-8-664523-72-0
Genre
Memoir
Find it on Amazon
Films

On screen

About

The storyteller

Ernest Bhabor
  1. RootsSapele, Delta State, Nigeria
  2. StudyUniversity of Ibadan
  3. 2002Arrives in New York
  4. 2026Founds the Ernest Bhabor Stroke and Aphasia Foundation
  5. Dec 2026Rochelle… Rochelle… My Rochelle
  6. Jan 2027Apathy: Stockholm Syndrome
  7. Mar 2027Charade: Transactional Love

Ernest Bhabor is a writer, filmmaker, stroke survivor and community advocate based in Brooklyn, New York. Born with roots in Sapele, Nigeria, and shaped by his years connected to the University of Ibadan, he came to New York in the summer of 2002 and has made the city his home ever since.

His films include Legacy, Neighbors and Cry Father. After surviving a stroke and living with aphasia, he wrote Live Again about reclaiming his life. His new memoir, Rochelle… Rochelle… My Rochelle, is his tribute to his late wife, Rochelle. His novels Apathy: Stockholm Syndrome and Charade: Transactional Love follow in 2027. Across both forms, his work returns to the same questions: how people endure, and how they hold on to who they are.

Alongside his creative work, Ernest serves his community through public service and through the foundation that bears his name.

The Foundation

Ernest Bhabor Stroke and Aphasia Foundation

A Brooklyn nonprofit, with a branch in Sapele, Nigeria, supporting stroke survivors and their families through education, aphasia awareness, caregiver support and community outreach. A member of the World Stroke Organization.

Visit the foundation →
Contact

Say hello

For readings, screenings, press, speaking invitations and book clubs.

me@ErnestBhabor.com