Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
Ikhide R. Ikheloa has written some of the most popular articles on this website and the Internet today under his pseudonym "Nnamdi." Ikheloa who calls his writings "moonlighting" also writes poetry.
Articles by this Author
Roar, African, Roar
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 05/10/2010
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
This is an eclectic collection of short stories offering ample evidence that African literature is alive and well. New talent rises every day from the dawn of yesterday's departure. It provokes thought...
In Search Of The African Writer
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 01/24/2010
- Arts & Reviews
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Our rage is misplaced; all over Africa our political and intellectual leaders are hard at work trying to convince the world that we are sub-humans. Yet, when we are called sub-humans, we wail foul. It was not white folks that sent us packing into the cold fields of exile...
A Swamp Full of Hyenas
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 10/31/2009
- Arts & Reviews
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A Swamp Full of Dollars is a neatly compiled, carefully documented history coated in appealing prose. It is chock full of current statistics about Nigeria. This one is a keeper. And some of the data is frightening...
Homecoming for Dr. Patrick Wilmot’s Demons
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 06/22/2008
- Arts & Reviews
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Even by Wilmot’s own accounts he was a meddlesome meddler in Nigeria’s internal affairs. Reading this book, one imagines Wilmot as the Forrest Gump of Nigeria, a Jamaican national seemingly everywhere deeply immersed in Nigerian affairs, gallivanting in alleys that would have gotten a Nigerian shot...
A Mouth Sweeter than Salt: An African Memoir
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 06/9/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
This is not so much a memoir but a rollicking history lesson told by Falola with all his might. If I was a dictator I would decree that every African must buy this book and read it. This boy soldier offered us a long peep into the rich dark corridor of a patriarchy...
In the name of our sisters: Everything Good Will Come
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 04/14/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
Sister Atta, you speak to me in your book. You speak to me from deep in the bowels of my ancestors’ coven. You speak to me howling, bawling, and soaking me in the song of our mothers’ grief...
Burma Boys and Strange Wars
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 04/12/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
Have you ever read a book that you could never put down because you feel this weird obligation to finish it? To relive that experience, buy Biyi Bandele’s book Burma Boy...
Every Day Is For The Thief
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 04/12/2008
- Arts & Reviews
- Unrated
There are many things to like about this little book that purrs gently, ever so gently. The book exudes the quiet confidence of a writer properly centered in the beauty and challenges of his being...
American Diary: My Meeting With President Umaru Musa Yar’adua
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 12/22/2007
- Life Abroad
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Ikhide, this is important, please act like a big man when you meet the President, behave yourself, don’t say stupid things like “Why are you sitting on a stolen mandate, Mr. President?” you know how you get when your tongue escapes your mouth!
The Balance of Our Stories
- By Ikhide R. Ikheloa (Nnamdi)
- Published 12/9/2007
- Position Papers
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It is a great time to be a connoisseur of Nigerian literature. There are all these Nigerian writers doing some really exciting work and there are not enough hours in the day to consume all their wares...
