Chido Onumah

Chido Onumah (April 10, 1966) is a Nigerian/Canadian journalist, author, blogger and rights activist. He has worked for over two decades as a journalist, rights activist and media trainer in Nigeria, Ghana, Canada, India, the USA, the Caribbean and Spain. Onumah studied philosophy at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, and received an MA in journalism from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

He holds a PhD in communication and journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

Onumah is the author of Remaking Nigeria (Ed) 2020; We Are All Biafrans (2016); Nigeria is Negotiable (2013) and Time to Reclaim Nigeria (2011). He has edited books on various subject, including Making Your Voice Heard: A Media Toolkit for Children & Youth (2004); Anti-Corruption Advocacy Handbook (with Comfort Idika-Ogunye) 2006; Youth Media: A Guide to Literacy and Social Change (with Lewis Asubiojo) 2008; Understanding Nigeria and the New Imperialism (with Biodun Jeyifo, Bene Madunagu, and Kayode Komolafe) 2006; and Sentenced in God’s Name: The Untold Story of Nigeria’s “Witch Children” (with Lewis Asubiojo) 2011; Media and Information Policy and Strategy Guidelines (with Grizzle, A., Moore, P., Dezuanni, M., Asthana, S., Wilson, C., and Banda, F.).