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Uche Nduka
Nigerian-American poet
Uche Nduka | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Williams Uche Nduka |
| Born | (1963-10-14) October 14, 1963 (age 61) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, writer, lecturer |
Musical artist
Uche Nduka (born October 14, 1963) is a Nigerian-American poet, writer, lecturer and songwriter who was awarded the Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Poetry in 1997.[1] He lives in New York City.
Life
Uche Nduka was born in Nigeria to a Christian family.
Uche nduka biography of william
His birth name was Williams Uche Nduka, the "Africanization" of his name occurred after Dr. Juliet Okonkwo's particularly moving treatise on African "cultural nationalism".[2] Raised bilingual in Igbo and English, he earned his BA from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (in Enugu State, southeastern part of Nigeria) and his MFA from Long Island University, Brooklyn.
He left Nigeria in 1994 and settled in Germany after winning a fellowship from the Goethe Institute. He lived in Germany and the Neth