Wachuku, Ugonna
1971 - Born on Wednesday 10 March in Nbawsi, Abia State, Nigeria to Sylvia Ada and Madu Kennedy Wachuku - both historians, teachers and education administrators.



1975 - Began primary school at an early age of four.



1982 - Entered Ngwa High School Aba, Abia State, Nigeria where he founded a press club and was its first president. He was also library prefect. He was awarded Best Behaved Student and Best Igbo Language Student. During his stay at high school, he played football and table tennis.



1983 - Started creative writing at the age of 12, his second year in high school. He first began with prose fiction, writing such novels as The Combatants, Devil's Blood, Never to Die, Wrath of Demeter and Mission to Mars, before going into poetry and drama.



1987 - Graduated from high school with Alpha grades.



1988-1990 - Traveled to know more about his country, Nigeria and other countries. He had interviews and talks concerning his creative works. He also shared his knowledge through advocative, creative writing - on television programs such as: New Age, Young Generation.



1990 - Entered Abia State University, Nigeria to study Literature-in-English, Communication, Information and Media Trends in Discourse Analysis in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He began writing American Galaxy: Celebrating the People and the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave this year.



1991 - Wrote The Dream: Another Reality - Global Message for Peace, presently held by the UNESCO Culture of Peace Program in Paris, France. He was a Senator, Student Representative Council of Abia State University. He was also the Editor of the English and Literature Students Association's Igba Magazine. He was also a member of the Editorial Board Students Union Government.



1991-1993 - He received tutorials on international relations, United Nations affairs and Nigerian foreign policy from his uncle Jaja Wachuku who was Nigeria's first Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Minister.



1992 - President of English and Literature Students Association. With Canada and Bank of the North's support, he launched a $2.8 million U.S. dollars - 50 million Naira Students Welfare Fund in Abuja, Nigeria. The project failed because he refused total state government and university administration control of the fund. He was also the Speaker Assembly of Departmental Presidents.



1993-1994 - Chairman and President of the Government of the Students Union. He created external relations, educational advancement, public relations, community development, students' welfare and social responsibility partnerships with multi-national corporations such as, Unilever, A. J. Seward, Cocacola, Smithkline Beecham now commonly known as GlaxoSmithkline, 7UP and Pepsi Co. and Guinness; including Foreign Embassies and High Commissions to Nigeria.



1994-1995 - He was the Advisory Board Chairman of the United Nations Youth and Students Organization [UNYSO] in alliance with United Nations Information Centre [UNIC] Lagos, Nigeria.



1995 - Graduated from Abia State University. His degree thesis was titled From Canadian Winter to Poetic Aesthetics.



1996 - Left Nigeria for Geneva, Switzerland. He won the Le Lagnon Table Tennis Championship Cup. He started a football team and played friendly matches with the team. He won a third place table tennis medal in Bernex, Geneva. He served to promote the welfare of foreigners, refugees and assylum seekers in Geneva. He wrote poetry collections such as Tears of Yesterday, The Road to Essertines, Homage to Geneva, Flanders Fields and Hope for Dunblane.



1997 - Became Associate Member of the Royal British Legion.



1997-1998 - Communications and Human Rights Consultant to Mr. Jacob Sello Selebi the South African Ambassador to the United Nations Geneva, Switzerland as well as Chairman of the 1998 United Nations Human Rights Commission 54th Session.



1997-2004 - Researcher on curriculum development, peace, human rights, democracy, education, culture, humanitarianism, tolerance, communications, public information trends, development, the environment, health and HIV/AIDS issues, and education for conflict prevention and social responsibility at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Bureau of Education.



1997-2007 - Personal, professional research and updates on information and communications technology, nature, health and the environment, public information, technology transfer and media trends at the Library of CERN - the European Organization or Centre for Nuclear Research into the Laws of Nature, Particle Physics, Outer Space and the Universe, etc.



1999 - Was a signatory to the UNESCO Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non- Violence.



2001 - Commendation from the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Atta Annan. He was on radio programs in Archamps, France and Geneva, Switzerland. He started communications, public affairs, culture, environmental conservation, healthcare advocacy, public information and creative writing web sites.



2003-2007 - Serving as Communications Adviser to the 32nd President of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General Conference, plus the Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Nigeria to UNESCO and the Nigerian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO.



2004 - Wrote The Great Place: A Soulful Celebration of the Beautiful South African People published this year in the United States of America.



2006 - Married to Alejandra Hernandez Gudino, a Mexican biologist, communication and science divulgation professional. His poetic tribute to Alejandra is titled Morning Dews.



- Became Associate at Orah Group: Orah Investments and Swiss Venture Capital company that creates enterprises plus value added jobs through partnerships in the development of IT business incubators and fostering knowledge and talent based companies to achieve excellence and success.



2007 - Working on the publication of his book American Galaxy - Celebrating the People and the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave or A Loving Higher Purpose for the People.

On the 19th of April in District Federal Mexico City, Alejandra, his wife gives birth to a girl: Ezichi whose name means "Good God Almighty."

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what should we do with this?

Very good question

Good.
there are other good Nigerians too out there.
i hope he did not post this, cos it is not good to blow ur trumpet
not in our character here in Naija.