{"id":6232,"date":"2026-02-08T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/?post_type=writer&#038;p=6232"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T23:35:15","slug":"echezonachukwu-nduka","status":"publish","type":"writer","link":"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/writer\/echezonachukwu-nduka\/","title":{"rendered":"Echezonachukwu Nduka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Echezonachukwu Nduka<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Nigerian-born poet, pianist, and scholar. His writing has appeared in publications including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lolwe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jalada Africa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Isele Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unbound: An Anthology of New Nigerian Poets Under 40<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, among others. His debut poetry book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chrysanthemums for Wide-eyed Ghosts<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was shortlisted for the Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) Poetry Prize. A Centaur Records artist, he is noted for his work in African pianism, and performs a seasonal recital titled <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resounding African Pianism<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He is currently a Benjamin Franklin Fellow and Doctoral Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He can be found online at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artnduka.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.artnduka.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6233,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"writer_category":[],"writer_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6232","writer","type-writer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","thb-post-share-style1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.1 (Yoast SEO v26.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Echezonachukwu Nduka - Masobe Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/writer\/echezonachukwu-nduka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Echezonachukwu Nduka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Echezonachukwu Nduka is a Nigerian-born poet, pianist, and scholar. 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