Onuora Nzekwu

Onuora Nzekwu(OON) also known as Joseph Onuora Nzekwu (19 February 1928 – 21 April 2017) was a Nigerian professor, writer and editor from the Igbo people. He is author of the 1961 novel Wand of Noble Wood and the 1963 novel Eze Goes to School, which was among the African Writers Series. Quotes The reason for Eze Goes To School was because a few books had been written for Nigerians by Nigerian writers. But there was nothing about Nigerian children or for them to read. All the books that we had, when I was in school and when I came out, were books about European children. So I thought I should write something about our own children and how they live. And I wrote it based on our surroundings so that the child who is reading it will understand and appreciate that this is something that is familiar. He gave reasons why he wrote the novel EZE GOES TO SCHOOL. My foster parents sent me back to Kafanchan to have my secondary education. I didn’t succeed to go to secondary school. I found myself in a teacher training college. I trained as a teacher. One writes from experience and with things that are happening around us. A writer has an opportunity at any given period to pick up a subject that will interest him and once you are interested, you begin to devote your time to follow it up. he talks about what has sustained him in his writing for many years. They should be of acceptable standard anywhere in the world that should be their target and, their objective. They should try and explore our surroundings because what happened in the early past was like books we had to read were based not on life here but on life outside our territory. The fact of the matter is that Nigerians don’t read, they don’t read as much as one would have wanted them to read; as much as will produce changes in their lives. Really, life in Nigeria has shifted a lot when we were are children in elementary school we know what pressure our parents put on us in order to justify the fee they paid and teachers went out of their ways to make sure that children learn what they were taught; it was not just enough seeing you come to school every day and go, they make sure through tests, through examinations, that you are assimilating what they were impacting. He advises Nigerian writers. "They should try and explore our surroundings... It's the good side of the life that attracts people so we should try and explore our own environment."Nigerians don't read as expected – Onuora Nzekwu (Eze Goes To School author) https://bivnze.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/nigerians-dont-read-as-expected-onuora-nzekwu-eze-goes-to-school-author/ bivnze's space Victor Nze 3 March 2012 "And I wrote it based on our surroundings so that the child who is reading it will understand and appreciate that this is something that is familiar."Why I Wrote Eze Goes To School —Onuora Nzekwu https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/10/08/why-i-wrote-eze-goes-to-school-onuora-nzekwu/ P.M. News 8 October 2012 References External links