Ezenwa-Ohaeto was a poet and scholar based in Nigeria. He wrote many collections of poetry in his lifetime including Chants of a Minstrel published in 2002, I Wan Bi President published in 1988, and Songs of a Traveller published in 1986. He also wrote Chinua Achebe: A Biography, published in 1977. He was one of the first Nigerian poets to publish his work in Pidgin English, translating an oral language into the written word. He has been awarded the BBC Arts and African Poetry Award and the Association of Nigerian Authors Cadbury Poetry Award. Minstrelsy and Masks: The Legacy of Ezenwa-Oheato in Nigerian Writing published in 2007 is a critical overview of his collected works.
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