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Ike Anya

Ike Anya

Ike Anya is a Nigerian public healh physician and writer currently based in the United Kingdom. Founding Secretary of the Abuja Literary Society, he is co-editor of The Weaverbird Collection of New Nigerian Writing to be published by Farafina this year. His poetry, essays, and short fiction have been published in the UK, Nigeria, America, and India.

  • In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria’s Newest Literary Voice

    by Ike Anya October 10, 2003
    by Ike Anya

    Do NOT copy John Grisham. And as you write a story, imagine that your parents and uncles and aunties and relatives will NEVER read it. You are more likely to …

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  • Nigerian veterans gather in Bristol

    by Ike Anya October 7, 2003
    by Ike Anya

    Ike Anya attended a symposium on Nigerian Arts and Crafts organised by the Nigerian Field Society, UK Branch. A report…

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  • King Do-Not-Advise-Me

    by Ike Anya June 12, 2003
    by Ike Anya

    There was a supposed embargo on employment, but on an almost weekly bases, new staff joined, almost invariably related to some government official or other…

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  • Demonizing Nigerian Doctors

    by Ike Anya March 29, 2003
    by Ike Anya

    Bereaved families often feel not enough has been done to save their relation…

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  • Fireworks fly at Equiano Conference

    by Ike Anya March 29, 2003
    by Ike Anya

    Serious doubts are raised over whether Equiano ever visited Africa…

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  • Inyang, Don’t Fight…

    by Ike Anya March 25, 2003
    by Ike Anya

    My father is away at the warfront. Each time there is news of fresh casualties, my mother's heart tumbles. So many of her friends have been widowed…

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  • Bola Ige: A Personal Remembrance

    by Ike Anya November 19, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    The cream of Nigeria’s political and intellectual class had gathered to do honour to their own, when a message came from the SSS…The book launch could not be allowed to …

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  • African Writers Gather in London

    by Ike Anya November 13, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    “I can’t write about Princess Diana, as I never met her or moved in those circles. I write about university graduates working as cab drivers and issues like that”

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  • Thoughts On Bakassi

    by Ike Anya October 16, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    The National Association of Nigerian Students has vowed to defend Bakassi with their blood…

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  • Only A Short Walk…

    by Ike Anya October 14, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    In London, when a helpful old English woman says “It’s ten minutes walk”, put on your jogging shoes…

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  • AIDS 2002 Barcelona: A Personal Perspective

    by Ike Anya July 29, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    The Spanish Minister of Health was steadily booed throughout the ten odd minutes of her speech. She lost her temper and banged her fist on the lectern which only produced …

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  • Putting HIV on The Political Agenda

    by Ike Anya July 22, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    Nigeria has one of the fastest growing epidemics in West Africa…

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  • Piccadilly Circus

    by Ike Anya July 21, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    Fear has shattered the myth of brotherhood among Nigerians in London…

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  • We Thank God

    by Ike Anya July 21, 2002
    by Ike Anya

    Life in Nigeria is so precarious and unstable that people are scared that saying things are fine may be tempting fate, in other words, an invitation to disaster.

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