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.
Interviews & Profiles

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

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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 write truthfully, more likely to write things as they are...
Life Abroad

Nigerian veterans gather in Bristol

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

King Do-Not-Advise-Me

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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...
Life Abroad

Fireworks fly at Equiano Conference

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Serious doubts are raised over whether Equiano ever visited Africa...
Nigeria Matters

Demonizing Nigerian Doctors

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Bereaved families often feel not enough has been done to save their relation...
Nigeria Matters

Inyang, Don’t Fight…

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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...
Nigeria Matters

Bola Ige: A Personal Remembrance

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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 go on...
Life Abroad

African Writers Gather in London

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“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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