Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Judges
Okey Ndibe
Wale Adebanwi
Obiwu
Judges
For the second in this annual prize, the judges will be:
a.) Okey Ndibe is an Associate Professor of Literature and Languages, Simon’s Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Ndibe is the author of Arrows of Rain and a columnist for Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper.
b.) Wale Adebanwi, until recently, was a lecturer in Political Science (University of Ibadan), and currently Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar at the Cambridge University, England. He is a writer and literary critic.
c.) Obiwu, Director, The Writing Center, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Obiwu is the author of Igbos of Northern Nigeria.