About Me
I am Chuma Nwokolo, writer, advocate. If you like poetry, you should read my Memories of Stone. If you are into fiction, try my Diaries of a Dead African or The Ghost of Sani Abacha.
If you don't read much, beyond blogs and stuff, you'll probably love my Extinction of Menai, Diary of a Witch-Doctor's Writer-in-Residence, and a dozen other novels of that ilk, because they're not yet published.
Welcome to my blog.
New:
Kindle version of The Ghost of Sani Abacha.Kindle version of Diaries of a Dead African
Welcome
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Why we are no Longer at Ease
Let us dream a simple dream made fantastic by our present circumstances. Let us dream of a Nigeria that works, that evokes pride, and that inspires faith. Let us dream of a Nigeria of servant-leaders and sacrificial statesmen, a Nigeria which calls the best characteristics out of ordinary men and women. Let us call on that capacity for renewal to bring opportunity out of this crisis.
Let us recreate the excitement – and the possibilities – with which we approached the Independence Day of 1960
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For Denizens of Hot Makurdi
poetic advice for wilting ones
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The Institute of African Political Education (I.APE) C.E. Series: Dividing the People
A people united are guaranteed their victory. So what must you do? You must divide the idiots.
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Ode to the Shooting Star
Shoot, shooting star, shoot thy path through darkness,
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A Small Footnote on Nigeria’s Centenary Awards
Military banditry should be called by its proper name.
That proper name is not heroism.
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Midnight’s Revelation
Then he searched his memory for the food or the sex or the thrill that approached the present pleasures singing in his stunned body…
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For the Mamudu 42, the Buni Yadi 43…
justice will flow. & judgement will fall
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We are no Longer at Ease
We are no longer at ease, and our common enemy must feel the steel of our resolve.
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Lagos-Accra… A Tale of Two Cities
Accra’s traffic is twin brother to Lagos’ traffic jam, but their taxi and bus drivers are no near relations.
Previously,
Places
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Environment
A Traveller’s Notebook; Lost in Kampala
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diary
A Traveller’s Notebook; That Fortnight in Hargeysa
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humour
A Traveller’s Notebook: Layover in Addis Abeba
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Memoir
The Children of Laas Geel
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Literature
The British Pub; (a brief guide for the thirsty tourist)
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Literature
The Hungry Road
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Essay
A Day in the Life (4 of 365 – Emotional Geography)
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Environment
A Day in the Life (2 of 365 – The Metaphor of the Flying Bonnet)
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