Eleazer Ikekwe

Eleazer Ikekwe was born in 1955 at Mbano in the current Imo state of Nigeria. He attended his primary education at the Holy Trinity School, Kafanchan. During the Nigerian civil war, he fought as a conscript on the Biafra side. In 1981, he left Nigeria to study abroad – first at Deree College, Athens and later the University of Stockholm. He has resided in Sweden since 1985. The Tail End is his first published book.