Ikhide Roland Ikheloa is a Nigerian writer and literary critic who has worked in the American civil service since 1984. He is widely read and known in Anglophone Africa for his strong opinions on literature and politics which has won him many admirers and also made him very controversial. While he is seen as a writer and critic by his admirers, this position has often been debated by his critics. But Ikheloa simply refers to himself as a reader who writes and is highly opinionated.
Ikhide Ikheloa
Born
Ikhide Roland Ikheloa
(1959-02-14) February 14, 1959 (age 65)
Ikeja Barracks, Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality
Nigerian
Education
University of Benin, 1979. (BSc).
University of Mississippi, 1984. (MBA).
Occupation
Writer. literary critic. civil servant
Era
Third Generation
Known for
Social and literary criticism
Awards
Lifetime Award for Literary Criticism (James Currey Society).
Ikhide Roland Ikheloa is a Nigerian writer and literary critic who has worked in the American civil service since 1984. He is widely read and known in...
September 5, 2021. IkhideIkheloa (October 18, 2019). "Book Review | Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia's The Son of the House | IkhideIkheloa". Brittle Paper...
Chimurenga Chronic "Nigeria and a Culture of Disrespect" (August 2012), at IkhideIkheloa's blog "That Guy No Be Ordinary" (April 2016), at Chimurenga Chronic...
African Writing. Ikhide R. Ikheloa, "The 2011 Caine Prize: How Not to Write About Africa", Next magazine, 20 May 2011. Archived at Ikhide. http://www.caineprize...
criticised by such Nigerian critics as Sinatu Ojikutu, Charles Nnolim, IkhideIkheloa, Niyi Osundare and Olu Obafemi. Nigerian Literature Igbo literature...
Daily Trust, 2 October 2016. Ikheloa, Ikhide R., "Flora Nwapa and the house that Onyeka Nwelue built for her", Ikhide blog, 27 November 2016. "Flora...
Decided to Help – A Short Story by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Reviews Ikhide R. Ikheloa (23–24 May 2009). "Review: I Do Not Come To You By Chance". The New...
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