Obi Nwakanma was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1966. He studied English and Poetry, and obtained his MFA from Washington University and his PhD from Saint Louis University in the USA. Nwakanma worked as a journalist in Nigeria and wrote articles for international newspapers and magazines. He is also a literary critic and has published anthologies of poetry, short stories, and novels, as well as a biography of the poet Christopher Okigbo. He lives in Orlando and teaches at the University of Central Florida.
Obi Nwakanma
- Nigeria
- Zu Gast beim ilb: 2012
Biografie
Bibliografie
Biografie
Obi Nwakanma was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1966. He studied English and Poetry, and obtained his MFA from Washington University and his PhD from Saint Louis University in the USA. Nwakanma worked as a journalist in Nigeria and wrote articles for international newspapers and magazines. He is also a literary critic and has published anthologies of poetry, short stories, and novels, as well as a biography of the poet Christopher Okigbo. He lives in Orlando and teaches at the University of Central Florida.
Bibliografie
The Horsemen and other Poems
Africa World Press
Trenton, 2007
Christopher Okigbo 1930–67
Thirsting for Sunlight
James Currey
Oxford, 2010
Bibliographie
The Horsemen and other Poems
Africa World Press
Trenton, 2007
Christopher Okigbo 1930–67
Thirsting for Sunlight
James Currey
Oxford, 2010