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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

  • Buhari, CBN: First, Do No Harm

    by Okey Ndibe September 2, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to outline the direction and goals of his economic policy. Even so, major players in the country’s economy are already feeling the impact of specific …

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  • The Aches and Pains of Explaining Nigeria

    by Okey Ndibe August 25, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    One of the burdens of being a longtime commentator on issues Nigeriana is that people frequently search me out, via email, text messages, and phone calls to ask questions about …

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  • Waiting on Buhari

    by Okey Ndibe August 18, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    Everything in and about Nigeria is in a waiting pattern. Everybody, Nigerians and foreigners alike, are waiting on President Muhammadu Buhari. This pattern is a profoundly sobering lesson. It is …

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  • What Somaliland Taught Me

    by Okey Ndibe August 11, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    Whether Americans or Africans, my friends reacted in much the same way when I disclosed I was headed for Hargeysa, the capital of Somaliland, to participate in an international book …

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  • Whispers of Our President In Washington

    by Okey Ndibe July 28, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    By many, if not most, accounts, President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the United States was a major personal triumph and represented a significant turn in Nigeria-US relations. President Barack Obama, …

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  • Let’s Have Part Time Legislators

    by Okey Ndibe July 15, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    I recall a testy exchange in 2009 at the Westin Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island between a ranking member of the Nigerian House of Representatives and a US-based, Nigerian-born attorney. …

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  • Boko Haram Isn’t Waiting; Why Should Our Government?

    by Okey Ndibe July 8, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last week was a particularly dispiriting time for forlorn Nigerians who continue to look to their government to deliver them from their woes. One of the reasons Nigerians dumped former …

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  • APC, Start Governing, Not Whining

    by Okey Ndibe July 1, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    Last week, I suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari has squandered a full month of his presidential tenure doing little. Many readers understood the spirit of the piece, which is, quite …

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  • Buhari’s Disappearing Presidency

    by Okey Ndibe June 24, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    President Muhammadu Buhari is dangerously close to leaving Nigerians disillusioned. Forget about his failure (as at this writing) to announce his cabinet, bad as it is. For me, the deeper …

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  • Buhari Should Adopt “Agu” Strategy

    by Okey Ndibe June 10, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    One of the joys of being a columnist is to occasionally receive a remarkably cogent response to one of my pieces. Sometimes, the response comes from a reader who agrees …

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  • Buhari’s Path to History

    by Okey Ndibe June 4, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration last week was a mixed bag. On the plus side, the president gave an inaugural speech that—despite a few wrinkles—was tailored for the occasion. The speech …

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  • Unfueled, Lightless at Time of Transition

    by Okey Ndibe May 29, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    I don’t know what’s going through President-elect Muhammadu Buhari’s mind at the moment, but his job—daunting to begin with—just got tougher. Nigeria is beset by one of the worst fuel …

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  • Further Thoughts on Buhari and a Corruption Strategy

    by Okey Ndibe May 19, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    My column last week, titled “Corruption and Buhari’s Perfect Storm,” provoked vigorous debate on social media. In addition, I received numerous emails from readers who wished to weigh in on …

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  • Corruption and Buhari’s Perfect Storm

    by Okey Ndibe May 12, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    President-elect Muhammadu Buhari will inherit something of a perfect political storm when he takes office in a few weeks. He ran a well-orchestrated campaign as an outsider, an agent of …

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  • Tamas Aczel: A Writer Who Inspired Me

    by Okey Ndibe May 6, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    One of the special joys of my time in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts was taking a fiction workshop with Tamas Aczel. It was during the spring …

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  • Is Africa Fated To Be A Metaphor Of Disaster?

    by Okey Ndibe April 29, 2015
    by Okey Ndibe

    In May 2000, the British Broadcasting Corporation asked me to contribute an online opinion piece that would x-ray the prospects for socio-economic progress on the African continent. The BBC’s commission …

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