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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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.
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Meeting a Pacesetter
She was of course, Yemi Sikuade, author of Sisi, a novel in Macmillan’s Pacesetter Series
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A Traveller’s Notebook; Lost in Kampala
‘He could easily be my father.’ He told his wife, ‘I won’t want my father stranded without a passport in the middle of a journey…’
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The Folly of the Laka Nation
And now, for a spot of ancient news:
Previously,
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Politics
A Small Footnote on Nigeria’s Centenary Awards
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Politics
For the Mamudu 42, the Buni Yadi 43…
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Public Commentary
We are no Longer at Ease
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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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