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Obi Nwakanma

Obi Nwakanma is a Nigerian poet, literary critic, journalist and academic at the University of Central Florida. He writes a regular Sunday column on Vanguard Newspaper called The Orbit. His works have also appeared in The Punch, ThisDay and TheCable.

Books

Diaspora & Returns in Fiction
Diaspora & Returns in Fiction
Helen Cousins, Ernest N. Emenyonu, Obi Nwakanma, Patricia Thornton Emenyonu, Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo, Jane Bryce
Foundational African Writers
Foundational African Writers
Simon Gikandi, Obi Nwakanma, Makhosazana Xaba, James Ogude, Anne-Maria Makhulu, Tina Steiner, Bhekizizwe Peterson, Crain Soudien, Andrea Thorpe, Khwezi Mkhize, Jill Bradbury, Hugo Canham, Victoria J Collis-Buthelezi, Athambile Masola, Innocentia J Mhlambi, Sikhumbuzo Mngadi, Thando Njovane, Christopher EW Ouma, Stéphane Robolin, Thuto Thipe
Queer Theory in Film & Fiction
Queer Theory in Film & Fiction
Ernest Emenyo̲nu, Obi Nwakanma, Patricia Thornton Emenyonu, Adéléke Adéè̳kó̳
Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67
Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67
Obi Nwakanma

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