Emmanuel Ugokwe

Chima Ugokwe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, essayist, translator, linguist, cultural entrepreneur and actor, born in 1986 in Eastern Nigeria. He did some high school studies, trained in film production, digital journalism and Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

After his studies, he taught briefly in schools, majoring in Basic Writing Skills and ICT. He also did a six months training on Basic Writing Skills and Literature to student Refugees in Egypt.

His book is listed in the University of Indiana African Book Awards Database and other award database. His books can be found in Library of congress and major international libraries. He is Ebedi Writer’s Fellow and Commonwealth Fellow and has won over 30 other awards, like the Princess Hastrup Prize for best Research Work and was a real Star in the best 50 Young Nigeria Stars essay writers in Nigeria. He was awarded Great Young Achievers by Commonwealth in celebration of Nigeria 50 years as independent nation.

He has won the Best Writer Award by Rotary Club India twice in 2013 and 2015 and second best in the world. As a teacher, he won in 2014, twice, 2013 thrice as Teacher Champion and Teacher Champion Award for Excellence, in the US and UK.

His latest novel titled ' Drumbeats of the Gods' published in the US is making wider appeal to thousands of readers in universities and in Library of Congress.

He spent most of his time delivering speeches, working on his NGO, attending conferences, and working on his novels. He also continued winning awards, editing books for young writers and making public readings in Nigeria and abroad. His work with the NGO and children earned him a fellow of the Commonwealth in 2015, Southeast president Association of Young Nigeria Writer and SIA-Africa Education Exchange Program Assistant Country Program Director.