Professor Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe

Professor Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe was born in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, on June 14, 1953. He was a leading intellectual, author, commentator and passionate advocate of human rights, specialising on the state, genocide and wars in Africa in the post-1966 epoch, beginning with the Igbo genocide of1966 to 1970.  Some of his books include “The Biafran War: Nigeria and the Aftermath” (2006); “Biafra Revisited” (2007); “African Literature in defence History: An Essay on Chinua Achebe” (2001); “Readings from Reading: Essays on African Politics, Genocide, Literature” (2003); “Conflict Intervention in Africa: Nigeria, Angola, Zaire” (1990); “Africa 2001: the State, Human Rights and the People” (1993) and “Does Chinua Achebe’s  Arrow of God anticipate the Igbo genocide?” (1995)​. He died in London on October 17, 2019.