Chika Unigwe
"I ran for city council elections in Belgium in Oct. 2000. I was the only African to run in my city. I did not get a chair but I got more votes than our family doctor!" Chika 'Nina' Unigwe was a high school student when her poem was selected for publication in the epochal Voices From The Fringe edited by Dr. Harry Garuba. The author of Teardrops, a collection of poems, Chika who holds a BA from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, had her Post Grad. studies at KU Leuven and UC Louvain in Belgium. She is currently working on her PhD program and has had articles and poems published in newspapers and journals. Her short story, Touched by an Angel, was broadcast on the BBC World Service. Chika lives in Spokane, Washington.
Entries by this Author
Looking out the Window - Poems by Chika Unigwe
- By Chika Unigwe
- Published May 5, 2007
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“If you listen really hard
You will hear the trilling of my voice
As it calls your name..."
Borrowed Smile - A Short Story by Chika Unigwe
- By Chika Unigwe
- Published May 21, 2005
- Short Stories
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"One day when you are sixteen and curved in all the right places, a man turns up. He has a moustache above his full brown lips and patent leather shoes. Shoes that look out of place in your neighbourhood. His clothes are new. They have that crispy look of newness. Not like the washed ones you are used to seeing around. He stands out like a festive masquerade appearing on an ordinary day. He tells you that he has been seeing you around and wants to know you better. You want to know him better too. To smell the shoes and fuel your longing for a life..."