By Uduma Kalu Cyprian Ekwensi was not a spy. He did not spy on people. He did not tap phones. He did not recruit info…

By Uduma Kalu He was not Nigeria's secret agency head. He was Nigeria's first storyteller, and then Biafra'…

By Uduma Kalu The Nobel Prize deliberations on Achebe and Soyinka will not be made public until 2035. The Swedish Acade…

Around July 1966, a hunter by the name Carpenter Onwu (I think a native of Awgwu of Enugu State) who lived then at Ndea…

By Uduma Kalu  CHAPTER 1: IKWU STARTED IN CENTRAL AFRICA, NOT IGBO LAND Matriliny did not start in Igboland. Igbo are o…

By Uduma Kalu  Look at this picture. Chief Udo Uma sits calmly on a blue chair in his parlour. Black bowler…

By Uduma Kalu  In a small archive in Pennsylvania lies the blueprint for 8 Nigerias. In Lagos, he built one prison. LIN…