Chuma Nwokolo, Jr., is a Nigerian lawyer and writer and the publisher of African Writing magazine. He is author of the poetry collection Memories of Stone, the serial Tales by Conversation, and many novels, including Diaries of a Dead African. He was writer-in-residence at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, and his collection The Ghost of Sani Abacha is forthcoming. He lives in England. (updated 10/2010)