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Okey Ndibe

Okey Ndibe

Okey Ndibe teaches fiction and African literature at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He is the author of the novel, Arrows of Rain and co-editor (with Chenjerai Hove) of Writers, Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa. After studying business management at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu (Nigeria), Ndibe earned an MFA and PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Ndibe was the founding editor of African Commentary, a magazine published in the U.S. by novelist Chinua Achebe, author of the classic novel, Things Fall Apart. His lively, witty and intellectually stimulating style has made him a highly sought after speaker on African and African American literature and politics. Ndibe is finishing his second novel titled Foreign Gods, Incorporated and also working on a memoir of his life in the US. His website. Twitter: @ OkeyNdibe

  • Achebe and The Company He Would Not Keep

    by Okey Ndibe November 21, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    There’s no question that Nigeria’s national honors register has been thoroughly cheapened, bastardized and drained of meaning. The annual conferral of national honors has become a farce, a charade that …

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  • Nigeria: The Cost and Curse of Biafra

    by Okey Ndibe November 7, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    When a people cultivate denial of an event, even a deeply traumatic one, they – at the very least – risk blundering into the same mistakes over and over. Nigeria …

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  • Nigeria’s Biafran Burden

    by Okey Ndibe November 2, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    Biafra is back in the news in a big way, thanks, in large measure, to the recent death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple…

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  • Saint Peter’s Epistle to Nigerians

    by Okey Ndibe October 25, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    Dear beloved Nigerians: Almighty God has directed me to write this epistle to you because the news emanating from your country has continued to cause great scandal, shock and deep …

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  • His Excellency, Executive Embezzler

    by Okey Ndibe October 20, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    If Bode George’s fashion parades did not sway his judge, why are Daniel and Alao-Akala plying the same route? Why did they act as if they were in court to …

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  • Governor Obi, Obienyem: Merchants of Lies

    by Okey Ndibe October 11, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    One might as well state it as clearly and pointedly as possible: Governor Peter Obi of Anambra and Valentine Obienyem, the man who runs Mr. Obi’s sordid propaganda machine, are …

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  • High-Priced Mediocrities

    by Okey Ndibe September 27, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    A Nigeria run by its least visionary and enlightened elements – men and women whose imagination is fixed on the size of their bank accounts – is in no shape …

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  • Andy Uba, Boko Haram, and Electoral Reform

    by Okey Ndibe September 20, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last week, Senate President David Mark achieved a new grade in cynicism when he announced Andy Uba as chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission. Andy …

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  • A Wikileaked Nation

    by Okey Ndibe September 12, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    Most Nigerians have always known that their country is a mess. Now, thanks to a series of astonishing revelations by Wikileaks, we have a clearer sense of how troubled, and …

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  • Security is Everything

    by Okey Ndibe September 6, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    The war against terror is one that all Nigerians of good will should enlist to fight, but without strong leadership from Mr. Jonathan, the effort will come to naught…

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  • A Meditation On Big and Bigger Fools

    by Okey Ndibe August 23, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    It’s instructive that two of Nigeria’s most famous – or infamous – former Generals cum “militicians” felt compelled to carry on a public debate over which of them is the …

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  • Anambra and the Politics of Propaganda

    by Okey Ndibe August 17, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last week, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra received unflattering epithets when he intruded on a rally where state workers were discussing his unpopular proposal on the implementation of the new …

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  • Al-Mustapha, Abiola, And a Nation’s Shame

    by Okey Ndibe August 16, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    It is easy to forget that Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to the late General Sani Abacha, is standing trial for allegedly ordering the assassination of Kudirat Abiola, one of …

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  • If Jonathan Were Serious…

    by Okey Ndibe August 16, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    The kindest thing that can be said about President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to amend the constitution in order to enshrine a single term of six years for occupants of the …

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  • What’s a Nigerian Worth?

    by Okey Ndibe August 15, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    In a sense, the debate over the minimum wage for Nigerian workers raises a more fundamental question: What’s a Nigerian worth? And since there are different kinds of Nigerians, one …

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  • Sexually Transmitted Degrees

    by Okey Ndibe July 12, 2011
    by Okey Ndibe

    There are, one conjectures, multitudes of Nigerian bankers, engineers, lawyers, accountants, physicians, mass communicators, economists – to name a few – who flaunt sexually transmitted degrees, diplomas or certificates. Or …

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