Met my publisher Bibi Ukonu, then met the big display of our co-edited volume among other exciting titles. I must say we are fortunate. I encourage all teaching African urbanity to include African Urban Echoes in their syllabus. A definitive anthology!   #AfricanMigCon2024

As the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024 enters its final stage, tune in to watch the top 3 shortlisted authors on these stations starting today: Tuesday: TVC - 7-8am News Central - 8-9am Nigeria Info - 2pm Wednesday: Arise News - 9am #thenigeriaprizeforliterature

It's a great honour to have served on this jury with Joan Thomas & @saeedteebi Writers' Trust Canadian Literature U Calgary UCalgary Arts UCalgary Libraries and Cultural Resources

This Saturday, join Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Author of 'Wish Maker' and shortlisted author for the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2024 for a celebration of Children's Literature at the NLNG/RBC Bookfest 2024. #thenigeriaprizes2024 #thenigeriaprizeforliterature #bookfestival

UofC English's professor Uchechukwu Umezurike was as one of the three jury members who selected the finalists for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Thank you, Professor Uche Peter Umezurike, PhD, for all your hard work and dedication!

Are you a Black student conducting research at the undergraduate level? Apply for an Undergraduate Student Research Award today! Learn more: nserc-crsng.gc.ca/students-etudi… CIHR

Chuffed to get my copy of Samantha eff Jones fantastic debut poetry collection Attic Rain @NeWestPress. #poetry

Literary Cafes are BACK! We can't wait to hear Kit Dobson (#UCalgary prof ) and Ben Ghan (PhD student ) read from their latest books Oct 24 at 11am TFDL 1st Floor 📕 WE ARE ALREADY GHOSTS 📕 THE YEARS SHALL RUN LIKE RABBITS We'll save you a seat! @ucalgarypress @ucalgaryarts

My book has a cover!!! And it’s gorgeous 🥲! So grateful to UCalgaryPress for the thought that went into this cover, which includes a NASA image of the Dnieper River overlaid with Ukrainian wildflowers. Will be sharing a pre-order link soon!

So excited to be on the shortlist of the Miles Morland Writing Scholarships! Tried first in 2019, gave up the year after and tried again the next year. Lol. Congratulations to the shortlisted writers! milesmorlandfoundation.com/morland-writin…

Excited about this project with Rona Altrows Griots Lounge CA 🇨🇦 & Bibi Ukonu

Pleased to share a co-authored article, "The Face of the Buffalo," on Nawal El Saadawi's representation of human-bovine relationality. #postcolonial #animalstudies journals.upress.ufl.edu/jgps/article/v…

Literary Cafe pop-up! Nov 7 at 11am | TFDL Enjoy a cup of coffee and expand your world! Two of #UCalgary’s talented poets - Clara Joseph and Cristalle Smith - read from their work and talk about their writing process. ow.ly/q6B050TUF8j @ucalgarypress @ucalgaryarts

My latest article on #Disability, #masculinity, #disabilityjustice & #poetry liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/jl…

Alberta is poetry! We celebrate Alberta poets we are honoured to work with: Jalal Barzanji @kimmy_beach Jenna Butler Kat Cameron @JenBDelisle Micheline Maylor Alice Major Lisa Martin Omar Ramadan Uche Peter Umezurike, PhD bit.ly/2ZRFDOj #ABBookDay U of A - EFS Writers'GuildAlberta

Of the anthology, Matthew Shenoda writes, "What’s evident in this gathering of poems is the divergent interplay between aesthetics, histories, cultural traditions, migrations, and their embodiment of spaces that help shape the contours of contemporary African life."

Welcome to the first show of 2025! Our Publisher, Bibi Ukonu, presents the first two books of the year, ‘African Urban Echoes: A Poetry Anthology’, edited by Jide Salawu and Rasaq Malik Gbọ́láhàn, and ‘Wish Maker’ by Uche Peter Umezurike, PhD. Fantastic books! Watch! youtu.be/TMQ-iXTa3Uw?si…

now available for pre-order... enjoyed co-editing this book with Rona Altrows

my latest poem at League of Canadian Poets #masculinity #postwar #Trauma #ptsd

“so great is the hunger/of bullets that blood/might not quench it” This poem in Uche Peter Umezurike, PhD awarding-winning collection, “there’s more” is something indescribable! Congratulations on winning Best Book 2025 African Literature Award✅💯