Mazi Nwonwu

Mazi Nwonwu
BornChiagozie Fred Nwonwu
Nkwe, Enugu, Nigeria
Pen nameMazi Nwonwu
OccupationWriter, journalist
LanguageEnglish, Igbo
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigeria
EducationGovernment College, Kaduna
Alma materNnamdi Azikiwe University
GenresScience fiction, fantasy

Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu who writes under the pen name Mazi Nwonwu is a Nigerian writer, curator and editor. He is the co-founder and managing editor of Omenana Magazine.[1][2][3][4] In 2017, he was listed as one of the most powerful persons in the media space alongside Stephanie Busari and Fisayo Soyombo by YNaija.[5][6]

Early life and career

Nwonwu was born in Nkwe, a village in Enugu, Enugu State. He attended the Government College, Kaduna (now Barewa College) then moved on to Nnamdi Azikiwe University to study Linguistics. He has worked as the managing editor at Olisa.tv. He co-founded Omenana Magazine in 2014 with Chinelo Onwualu.[1] He is also a journalist at BBC.[7] BBC described him as one of the authors writing a new Nigeria.[2] He is considered to be among the Third Generation of Nigerian Writers.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mazi Nwonwu". Omenana Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 – Writing a New Nigeria – Meet the authors". BBC. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Geoff, Ryman (31 May 2018). "Mazi Chiagozie Nwonwu". Strange Horizons. Issue: 100 African Writers of SFF-Part Nine: The Ake Festival. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. ^ "POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)". WRR. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  5. ^ YNaija (3 January 2018). "#YNaijaPowerList2017: Stephanie Busari, Uche Pedro, Fisayo Soyombo… See the most powerful young persons in the media space » YNaija". YNaija. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Stephanie Busari, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, Kemi Adetiba named in #YNaijaPowerlist2017 for "Most Powerful Young People in Media"". OloriSuperGal. 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "How a Nigerian scheme forged in war creates billionaires". BBC. 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ Umezurike, Chukwuebuka (23 January 2022). "New Nigerian Literature Unsung Heroes". ThisDay Newspaper. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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