Name of Author: CHIKA JONES ONWUASOANYA
Book(s): VERSES FROM THE NIGER (co-author), WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2015
Genre(s): Poetry, Spoken Word
Awards:
- Joint Winner, 2015 GREEN AUHOR PRIZE
- Winner, Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC), March 2015
- 2nd-runner up, Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2014
- Winner, ‘War of Words’ Season 2 Spoken word Slam
BIOGRAPHY:
ONWUASOANYA CHIKA JONES, co-author of VERSES FROM THE NIGER
ONWUASOANYA CHIKA JONES is an award-wining Nigerian poet, satirist, and spoken word artist. Jones was born of an Igbo father and Yoruba Mother. He is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate.
Jones has won several poetry competitions. He won the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC, May 2015) and was the 2nd-runner up in the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2014. He is also the winner of the ‘War of Words’ Season 2 Spoken Word Poetry Slam.
During his time as a student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), he was the Organizer of the ‘Swords of Words’ Spoken Word poetry competition.
He reads, as much as he writes.
ONWUASOANYA CHIKA JONES, co-author of VERSES FROM THE NIGER
Contact:
Phone: 08037041546
Email: scriblerian7@gmail.com
Facebook: Chika Jones Onwuasoanya
Twitter: 08037041546