Description: Reveals how Nigerian writers redefine masculinity to challenge social norms and affirm relationalities.
Brief description: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the 2025-2026 Wayne O. McCready Emerging Fellow at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, University of Calgary, Canada. He is the author of literary works, such as there's more (2023), Double Wahala, Double Trouble (2021), Wish Maker (2021), and a co-editor of Wreaths for a Wayfarer (2020).
Review Quotes: Dr. Umezurike holds a mirror to the African world. His works are decisively ethical and a breath of fresh air in African scholarship. Masculinities in Nigerian Fiction is an original book that promises to expand the growing interest in the construction of masculinity in the African imagination.--Chielozona Eze, Carleton College