Chuma Nwokolo
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Chuma Nwokolo, Jr is a Nigerian lawyer, writer and publisher. He was born in Jos, Nigeria, in 1963. He graduated from the University of Nigeria in 1983 and was called to the bar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1984 and was managing partner of the C&G Chambers[1] . For a period of two years from 2005 - 2007 he was a writer-in-residence at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford where he wrote a poem about Statues of Amun in the form of a ram protecting King Taharqa.[2]
Chuma is publisher of the literary magazine, African Writing[3] . His first novels, The Extortionist (1983) and Dangerous Inheritance (1988), were published by Macmillan in the Pacesetters Novels Series. His other books include African Tales at Jailpoint (1999), Diaries of a Dead African (2003)[4] One More Tale for the Road (2003),Memories of Stone (Poetry, 2006) and The Ghost of Sani Abacha (2012)[5] . His novel, The Extinction of Menai is due in 2013. His short stories and poetry have been published in London Review of Books[6] , La Internazionale[7] , AGNI[8] , MTLS [9] , Arzenal , & Sentinel [10] among others.
Chuma is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, the Association of Nigerian Authors, and PEN International.