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In 2007, Onyeka was admitted into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to study Anthropology, but he dropped out mid way. However, the 26 year old Nigerian writer and filmmaker has been appointed a visiting lecturer of African Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Hong Kong.

Welcoming him, head of department, Dr. Marketa Moore said:

"Mr. Nwelue, it would be a great honour to have you as a guest lecturer in our Africa foundation course at the Hong Kong University. In this course we have over 40 students (mainly from Hong Kong but also a number of international students). They are very enthusiastic in learning more about Africa and African literature. It would be an excellent opportunity for them to have a chance to meet you and learn about your work."

According to Wikipedia., Onyeka wrote his first book, Abyssinian Boy, at the age of 18 when most of his age-mates were too busy waddling through the labyrinthine walls of puberty to sit down and pen critically-acclaimed literature, which won the T.M Aluko Prize for First Book of Fiction and came second at the Ibrahim Tahir Prize for Fiction at the 2009 Abuja Writers Forum Literary Contest.
He went on to be nominated for the Future Awards three times. To prove he was not a one-hit wonder, as most prodigies are, he followed Abyssinian Boy up with Burnt, a narrative in verse, which was published in 2014 to worldwide critical acclaim and described by British-Hungarian poet, George Szirtes as 'breathless'. Channel O has described him as 'an unalloyed genius.'

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Good for him

Even a drop-out still has hope!

inspirational....frontpage pls

missdebs: inspirational....frontpage pls

Ok...av heard u, buh its too heavy. join me nd lez carry it togeda go front page

Not all Drop outs are Dropped-Brains!
After all most innovations around the world are orchestrated by Drop outs!
BTW why did he drop out, hope not Cult related activities!

freshness2020: Not all Drop outs are Dropped-Brains!
After all most innovations around the world are orchestrated by Drop outs!
BTW why did he drop out, hope not Cult related activities!

Word

If he'd not dropped out from UNN, he probably would have not gotten to this stage of his life..


LIFE!

Good one from the lad

That's nice, congratulation to him. He was a true lion from the den that is making it despite all odds. Kudos to him.

am dropping out today, who knows, I might become a governor tomorrow.

Smartsyn: am dropping out today, who knows, I might become a governor tomorrow.

hahahahahahaha

Inspirational! I'm very certain that some folks reading this, are already thinking about dropping out from school. Lol! One man's food is another man's poison.

Good for him!

Shows with God,nothing is impossible.

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Congrat Sir. All the best

We focus too much on crediential qualification in naija While oyinbo is interested in What you Know and can offer.

Over congratulation bro!

My Igbo brother repping Nigeria gracefully. Kudos to you, keep our flag flying.

He got the job as a result of his passion for literature. My humble advice to you folks is to FOLLOW YOUR PASSION!

freshness2020: Not all Drop outs are Dropped-Brains!
After all most innovations around the world are orchestrated by Drop outs!
BTW why did he drop out, hope not Cult related activities!

He dropped out because he felt he wasn't appreciated by his immediate community then. It had nothing to do with cult related activities or low grades even.

misteri: He dropped out because he felt he wasn't appreciated by his immediate community then. It had nothing to do with cult related activities or low grades even.

O.k.
that's cool anyway !

Similar to Christian Grey, and he is cute too.

GOD is GREAT

Ya! This is good, let him prove to them that not all NIGERIANS Igbos are drug traffickers.

Congratulations to him.

freshness2020: Not all Drop outs are Dropped-Brains!
After all most innovations around the world are orchestrated by Drop outs!
BTW why did he drop out, hope not Cult related activities!

Not all drop out are dropped Brains! so true

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In 2007, Onyeka was admitted into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, to study Anthropology, but he dropped out mid way. However, the 26 year old Nigerian writer and filmmaker has been appointed a visiting lecturer of African Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, at the University of Hong Kong.

Welcoming him, head of department, Dr. Marketa Moore said:

"Mr. Nwelue, it would be a great honour to have you as a guest lecturer in our Africa foundation course at the Hong Kong University. In this course we have over 40 students (mainly from Hong Kong but also a number of international students). They are very enthusiastic in learning more about Africa and African literature. It would be an excellent opportunity for them to have a chance to meet you and learn about your work."

According to Wikipedia., Onyeka wrote his first book, Abyssinian Boy, at the age of 18 when most of his age-mates were too busy waddling through the labyrinthine walls of puberty to sit down and pen critically-acclaimed literature, which won the T.M Aluko Prize for First Book of Fiction and came second at the Ibrahim Tahir Prize for Fiction at the 2009 Abuja Writers Forum Literary Contest.
He went on to be nominated for the Future Awards three times. To prove he was not a one-hit wonder, as most prodigies are, he followed Abyssinian Boy up with Burnt, a narrative in verse, which was published in 2014 to worldwide critical acclaim and described by British-Hungarian poet, George Szirtes as 'breathless'. Channel O has described him as 'an unalloyed genius.'

Read more on http://www..com/2014/07/university-of-nigeria-unn-dropout-made.html

Onyeka got a scholarship to school in czech, after his travel to India, where he took time to write 'Abyssinian Boy'. He didn't just drop out. I didn't like his perception or world view and we've had several counter argument on facebook back then. Very stubborn and arrogant man