Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
Obiwu Iwuanyanwu is a writer and comparative literary theorist. His Publications include the poetry collection "Rituals of the Sun" and the seminal essay "The History of Nigerian literature, 1772-2006." He is director of the writer center at Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio.
Entries by this Author
In Praise of Chimamanda Adichie's 2007 Orange Prize
- By Obiwu Iwuanyanwu
- Published June 6, 2007
- Miscellaneous
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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
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“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 Bits
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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..."