Wayo Guy and other Nigerian Short Stories ~ Chima Uchendu
This collection of humorous stories will make you laugh and learn; they will make you smile with joy. They are clever hybrids of African and Western stories of adventure, of attempts at deception, of love and affection, and of family and friends; they are told in a unique writing style that elevates the writing itself to classic prose and poetry while the reader is always rewarded with surprise endings.This is Uchendu's second book; his first book, The African Girl, a novel, was published in 1998 (Sungai Books, NJ).
About the Author
Chima Uchendu practices law in Washington, D.C.. He is a former Symposium Editor of The Law Journal at Howard University School of Law where he was an AETNA scholar and received several American Jurisprudence Awards for academic excellence. Uchendu has a unique style of writing, molded from his Nigerian and American experiences. He calls his narrative style Afrosuspense, which he defines as a focus on traditional African flavor and ethnic idioms, delivered through the popular story-telling tradition of engaging literary suspense, in order to arrest the reader's interest with a promise of a surprise ending. This is Uchendu's second book; his first book, The African Girl, a novel, was published in 1998 (Sungai Books, NJ).
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