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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

  • Nigeria’s Savaged Poor

    by Okey Ndibe May 19, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Before the 2015 presidential election, Candidate Muhammadu Buhari essentially advertised himself as a magician. Even though oil prices were tumbling, Mr. Buhari promised to pay N5000 a month to unemployed …

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  • Can Nigeria Be Crushed Into Shape?

    by Okey Ndibe May 11, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    I was disturbed by a report in last Sunday’s edition of The Punch newspaper. It read, “Buhari orders military to crush new Niger Delta militant group”. It’s meet to quote …

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  • Herdsmen, Actions and Consequences

    by Okey Ndibe May 3, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last week, alleged herdsmen armed with rapid-fire guns and machetes descended on the Ukpabi Nimbo community in Enugu State, killing and maiming scores of victims. Images of heaped corpses, including …

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  • A Manual for Nigeria’s Armed Robbers, Pickpockets and Small-Time Con Artists

    by Okey Ndibe April 26, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    If you happen to know any Nigerian armed robber, pickpocket, small-time con artist, low-level 419-er or participant in medium-grade crime, do invite them to read this important piece, a novel …

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  • The Small Things that Spell Big Failures

    by Okey Ndibe April 20, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last Wednesday, I got a phone call from a reporter at one of Italy’s major newspapers, la Repubblica. It was the second anniversary of the abduction of more than 200 …

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  • If I Were Buhari…

    by Okey Ndibe April 12, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    …I would not have traveled to China. Not at this time, no. In fact, I would tell my Chinese hosts today that I must abbreviate my weeklong visit and return …

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  • Thinking of Tomorrow Today

    by Okey Ndibe April 6, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Nigeria’s political discourse is stuck, rather tragically, in a familiar binary pattern. On one side, there are the bashers of President Muhammadu Buhari; on the other, those who feel duty …

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  • Politics and Rivers of Blood

    by Okey Ndibe March 22, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last Saturday, voters in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State cast their votes in a rerun election to choose lawmakers at the state and national assemblies. At stake: three seats in the …

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  • President Buhari’s Interesting Interview With Al Jazeera

    by Okey Ndibe March 15, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    During his recent visit to Qatar, President Muhammadu Buhari sat for an interview with Martine Dennis of Al Jazeera. Last weekend, close to two weeks after the trip, I finally …

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  • Ese Oruru’s Mirror

    by Okey Ndibe March 9, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    I received a plaintive note last week from a young man who seemed rather shocked that I had not written about Nigeria’s scandal of the moment—the harrowing story of a …

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  • It’s The Economy, Wise Guy

    by Okey Ndibe March 3, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    In 1992, Bill Clinton, then the Democratic Party candidate for the US presidency, popularized the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.” A year earlier, then incumbent President George H. Bush—who was …

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  • They Fly, We Die

    by Okey Ndibe February 16, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Two recent conversations reminded me of the extent to which the lives of “ordinary” Nigerians—that is to say, most Nigerians—have been gravely debased. Let’s start with the more recent. Last …

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  • Low Oil Prices, In Final Analysis, Good For Nigeria

    by Okey Ndibe February 10, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Tumbling crude oil prices—with some analysts expecting the price per barrel to hover for some time around $30—is the gravest handicap Nigerians have faced in a while. It is also, …

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  • Anambra’s Latest Gift to Nigeria’s Fledgling Democracy

    by Okey Ndibe February 2, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    At the end of last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court gave a judgment that many newspapers and online groups interpreted rather decisively and excitedly. Headlines declared that the court had dismissed …

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  • Buhari’s Unsexy Task

    by Okey Ndibe January 19, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Nigerian presidents are notorious for self-aggrandizement. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo termed himself founder of modern Nigeria. And yet he presided over one of the most imperial eras in his country’s …

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  • The War Begging Buhari’s Attention

    by Okey Ndibe January 12, 2016
    by Okey Ndibe

    Nigerians are in the midst of a familiar feeding frenzy. On the menu this time, former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. Prosecutors allege that Mr. Dasuki, a retired colonel of …

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