Obi Nwakanma

Professor Obi Nwakanma
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Born	(1966-12-18) 18 December 1966 (age 57) Ibadan, Oyo State
Occupation	Lecturer, poet
Language	Igbo, English
Nationality	Nigerian
Citizenship	Nigerian/American
Education	Government College, Umuahia; University of Jos; Washington University in St. Louis; Saint Louis University, Missouri
Notable works	Birthcry

Obi Nwakanma is a Nigerian poet, literary critic, journalist and academic at University of Central Florida. He writes a regular Sunday column on Vanguard Newspaper called The Orbit. His works have also appeared in The Punch, ThisDay and TheCable.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}