Think for yourself whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. And the ohu, who are not his direct descendants, were not invited to the ceremony; their mistreatment in the region continues. She does not have any formal writing training.

In 2012, Nwaubani was selected as one of 15 emerging leaders in government, business and civil society from across West Africa, to attend a "Leadership for Change" training program sponsored by the Private Investors for Africa (PIA).

She credits Irish-American writer Frank McCourt's Pulitzer-winning Angela's Ashes with showing her that she could write about serious issues in a humorous tone. She was later appointed to the position of opinion editor.

Nwaubani is the first writer in the history of world literature to capture the 419 scams phenomenon in a novel.

“This sort of thing opens up the mercy of God,” my mother, Patricia, said. Of course, nothing can undo the harm that Nwaubani Ogogo caused. Still, it felt important for my family to publicly denounce its role in the slave trade.  Her first income was from winning a writing competition at the age of 13. She studied Psychology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's premier university.

As a teenager, Nwaubani secretly dreamed of becoming a CIA or KGB agent.

The heart’s fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its touchy honor from the bad opinion of friend and enemy, will never let the mind have rest. She was also the editor of elan, the fashion and style magazine of NEXT.