This edition of Channels Book Club features distinguished Nigerian journalist, Dr. Nduka Otiono, who was recently appointed assistant professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, hence becoming the first appointee at the University’s new found Institute of African studies.
He discussed a wide variety of subjects including his personal experiences, his writings and why Nigeria must focus on encouraging knowledge production institutions and initiatives.
About Dr. Otiono
Dr. Nduka Otiono obtained his Ph.D in English from the University of Alberta where he won several awards including the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, and was nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic distinction.
He is the author of The Night Hides with a Knife (short stories), which won the ANA/Spectrum Prize; Voices in the Rainbow (Poems), a finalist for the ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize; Love in a Time of Nightmares (Poems) for which he was awarded the James Patrick Folinsbee Memorial Scholarship in Creative Writing.
He has co-edited We-Men: An Anthology of Men Writing on Women (1998), and Camouflage: Best of Contemporary Writing from Nigeria (2006).