Onyekachi Peter Onuoha is an alumnus of University of Calabar and University of Lagos respectively. He teaches African Digital Literature and Creative writing at the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Calabar. He is a Street Biographer and a recipient of Volkswagen Foundation Scholarship on Digital Humanities, 2018. He presented the Keynote Address for Festival Poetry 2019 titled “Poets in the Digital Age: Bytes and Heights.” He has also won award of “Special Recognition” by Street Priests for his literary contributions on street children in his book Earth Corners, 2020. He is a fellow of IFRA-Nigeria 2021. He was one of the top ten for James Currey Prize for African Literature 2021. He has contributed book chapters and scholarly articles to national and international journals. He is widely published with the following titles: Idara, Moonlight Lady (Kraftbooks, 2012), My Father Lied, The Scream of Ola (Kraftbooks, 2013), Ijeuwa (Authorhouse UK, 2015), Identity, The Fears of Mama (Kraftbooks 2015) The Heresy of Gossip, Aluta Struggles (Celbestbooks, 2011), Smell (AMABooks, 2017) Earth Corners (Kraftbooks, 2019), African Digital Prose (EbonyBooks 2020), Practical Approaches to Creative Writing (Celbestbooks, 2020), Women in Continue Punning Men-boys (Celbestbooks 2021), amongst others.
Onyekachi Peter Onuoha is an alumnus of University of Calabar and University of Lagos respectively. He teaches African Digital Literature and Creative writing at the Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Calabar. He is a Street Biographer and a recipient of Volkswagen Foundation Scholarship on Digital Humanities, 2018. He presented the Keynote Address for Festival Poetry 2019 titled “Poets in the Digital Age: Bytes and Heights.” He has also won award of “Special Recognition” by Street Priests for his literary contributions on street children in his book Earth Corners, 2020. He is a fellow of IFRA-Nigeria 2021. He was one of the top ten for James Currey Prize for African Literature 2021. He has contributed book chapters and scholarly articles to national and international journals. He is widely published with the following titles: Idara, Moonlight Lady (Kraftbooks, 2012), My Father Lied, The Scream of Ola (Kraftbooks, 2013), Ijeuwa (Authorhouse UK, 2015), Identity, The Fears of Mama (Kraftbooks 2015) The Heresy of Gossip, Aluta Struggles (Celbestbooks, 2011), Smell (AMABooks, 2017) Earth Corners (Kraftbooks, 2019), African Digital Prose (EbonyBooks 2020), Practical Approaches to Creative Writing (Celbestbooks, 2020), Women in Continue Punning Men-boys (Celbestbooks 2021), amongst others.