Owojecho Omoha

Mr. Omoha studied B.A. English at the University of Jos, Nigeria and holds a Master degree in English Literature from Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria. The oral defence of his PhD thesis: “Poetic Madness in African Literature” is on the list at the University of Jos. He won the 1988 Radio Moscow International Poetry Prize and his first collection of poetry: Funeral Without Death was shortlisted for the 1991 Association of Nigerian Authors’ Poetry Prize. His latest prose work, The Verdict of History: A Biography of Major-General Chris Abutu Garuba was published in May, 2008. He currently heads the Department of English, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria.