Uwem Akpan, Biography - mynigeria.com

When he learned to read in primary school, he transferred this love for stories to books. When teachers went on strike while he was in Primary Five in the early 80s, it made no difference to him. He even grumbled when the term resumed! After studying humanities and philosophy at Creighton University and Gonzaga University, he received a theology degree from the Catholic University of East Africa in Kenya.

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He would talk with me and ask me about Nigeria. After the Christmas holiday of , he disappeared. I started asking questions. Some of his friends told me that maybe he had gone to the city to become a real street kid. I really thought I would run into him someday in the city. But I never did.

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I kept hoping that he would keep his gentleness even in the very wild gangs of the City Centre. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in She is from Abba, in Anambra State, but grew up in the university town of Nsukka where she attended primary and secondary schools and briefly studied Medicine and If you enjoyed: Say You're One of Them.

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