Nigerians In America

Ike Anya

Ike Anya is a Nigerian public healh physician and writer currently based in the United Kingdom. Founding Secretary of the Abuja Literary Society, he is co-editor of The Weaverbird Collection of New Nigerian Writing to be published by Farafina this year. His poetry, essays, and short fiction have been published in the UK, Nigeria, America, and India and can be found online at the provided link. He is also co-author of the Nigeria Health Watch blog.
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On a cold morning last Saturday, over 200 professionals with a commitment to improving the health of Nigerians met at the Gustave Tuck lecture theatre of University College, London...

"Ethnic stereotypes are absurd to me because I was raised in a part of Lagos that was unusual in the sense that almost all my friends and family had parents who were from different ethnic backgrounds..." - Sefi Atta

"Stereotypes are often created out of ignorance, and sometimes malice. The best counter to that is of course education, which is one of the things, my novel does, I think.." Helon Habila

Last week, the news came of the death of Dr Umelobi Ihekweazu, retired physician and former Deputy Director of Medical Services at the University of Nigeria where I had grown up. The news came as a shock...

In this piece, as a network of Nigerian public health professionals, we put forward our analyses of some of the issues that should be paramount in the health agenda for the next 4 years...

Nigerian Doctors Gather In Sheffield

Ike Anya was in Sheffield to attend the annual autumn conference of the Medical Association of Nigerian Specialists and General Practitioners, the umbrella organization for Nigerian doctors in the United Kingdom. His report...

Omololu Falobi - A Hero Departs

"Bros, terrible news…Omololu ran into robbers in Lagos. Bros, the guy is dead, Bros… That was how I learnt that Omololu Falobi, pioneering journalist and activist, a human being par excellence, a devoted father, friend and brother had departed this life...


AIDS 2006 Toronto: A Nigerian Perspective

The recently concluded XVI International AIDS Conference witnessed a strong Nigerian contingent of participants; perhaps not surprisingly considering the daunting statistic that 1 in every 4 sub-Saharan Africans is a Nigerian...

Toronto is abuzz as twenty four thousand delegates from all over the world congregate for the opening of the 16th International AIDS Conference...

Two Welcomes to Toronto 2006

"This talks about teaching…you didn't say anything about teaching - did you tell the High Commission in London that you were going to be teaching in Canada? And upstairs you said you were a journalist, then a doctor and now you're teaching?"


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