NKEM NWANKWO

Another early, highly rated Nigerian writer (1936 – 2001) . He was a brilliant novelist, poet, and academic. He attended University College in Ibadan and later on taught at Michigan State University and Tennessee State University overseas. His first novel Danda was highly celebrated.

Mwankwo published other books in his lifetime; like My Mercedes is Bigger than Yours, Tales out of School, The Scapegoat, More tales out of school