Onyeka Nubia is a British historian, writer and lecturer. Writing under the

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Onyeka, his works explore the history of

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. In 2013, he published the non-fiction work '' Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, their Presence, Status and Origins'', which detailed the history of

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Career

Onyeka's third novel, ''The Phoenix'', was awarded the 2009 African Achievers award for Communication and Media for the psychological portrayal of the Black British experience. In 2009 Onyeka was featured on the television programme ''Shoot the Messenger'' on the TV channel ''VoxAfrica'', discussing the experience of the

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Writings

Fiction

Novels

*''Waiting to Explode – How to Stay Alive'', Narrative Eye (1998) *''The Black Prince – Leopards in the Temple'', Narrative Eye (1999) *''The Phoenix – Misrule in the Land of Nod'', Narrative Eye (2008)

Plays

*''The Great Challenge'' (1992–1994) - National tour *''The Whirlwind and the Storm'' (2001) - Cochrane and Shaw Theatres *''Young Othello'' (2016)

Non-fiction

*'' Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, their Presence, Status and Origins'', Narrative Eye (2013)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Onyeka Black British writers English dramatists and playwrights Living people 20th-century English novelists 21st-century British novelists English male dramatists and playwrights English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers English people of Nigerian descent Year of birth missing (living people)