Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
Obiwu studied at universities in Nigeria and at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. His books include The Unspeakable Protocols of the Great Injunction (2009), Tigress at Full Moon (2009), The World of Barack Obama (ed., 2009), Igbos of Northern Nigeria (1996), and Rituals of the Sun (1992). His essays include Roy Campbell and the Animal Father (2009), The 'R' in Hospitality (2008), South African Hunger and Literary Excess (2007), The Pan-African Brotherhood of Langston Hughes and Nnamdi Azikiwe (2007), and The History of Nigerian Literature, 1772-2006 (2006). His awards include the Charanjit Rangi Leadership Award for Faculty Professional Excellence from the College of Arts & Sciences, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio (2008), Golden Key International Honor Society (2008), Resolution Recognition from the Greene County Board of Commissioners, Ohio State (2007), 'Applause' Award from Xenia Daily Gazette, Xenia, Ohio (2007), Phi Beta Delta Award for International Scholars (2000), and Fellow of the International School of Theory in the Humanities (1998). Theoretical Principle: Great Literature Rides on the Back of Historical Landmarks.
Entries by this Author
He Was the Cobra (For Michael Jackson, 1958-2009)
- By Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
- Published June 29, 2009
- Poetry
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He was the bright fireBurning at the window
Of the granite house
On Broken-Gun Hills...
In Praise of Chimamanda Adichie's 2007 Orange Prize
- By Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
- Published June 6, 2007
- Features
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The winning of the 2007 Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new novel, "Half of a Yellow Sun" (2006), is a matter for serious reflection. Now we will have to address the significance of Adichie in contemporary Nigerian literary praxis...
Idzia Ahmad: A Meteor, a Vagrant Arab
- By Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
- Published May 4, 2007
- Profiles & Interviews
- Unrated
“As my brother, Idzia was his brother’s keeper. I will never forget how he ran to my apartment one early morning after the news broke on one of those bloody orgies for which Northern Nigeria has become infamous..."
Bombed Out: A Biafran Childhood - By Obiwu
- By Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
- Published May 27, 2005
- Fiction
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"The Igbo were killed in large numbers at every strike of the Nigerian bombs. Nigerian warplanes picked out crowded Biafran civilian targets as if they were on strict orders to ensure maximum carnage..."
