Allwell Uwazuruike

Allwell Uwazuruike is an academic, lawyer, philanthropist, and writer. In 2018, he co-founded Afritondo, an online media platform for promoting African and black minority stories.[1][2][3][4] In one such interview, Uwazuruike revealed that the motivation behind the creation of Afritondo arose from the difficulty of convincing similar Western media platforms to publish articles and stories on Africa.[5][6][7] He is a lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire[8]

Allwell Uwazuruike
EducationUniversity of Central Lancashire
OccupationAuthor
Notable work
Human Rights under the African Charter, Yellow Means Stay: An Anthology of Love Stories from Africa

Early life and Education

Allwell Uwazuruike is one of four children of Ralph Uwazuruike, the founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. He studied law at Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2010. He went on to work as a Barrister at law in the law firm of Festus Keyamo SAN before moving to the UK for postgraduate studies in 2012. In 2017, he completed his PhD in Human Rights from the University of Central Lancashire taking up a lecturing position months later.[8]

Founding Afritondo

In a May 2020 interview with the Sun Newspaper, Allwell Uwazuruike revealed that he co-founded Afritondo alongside his brother, Confidence Uwazuruike, in October 2018, in order to promote African and black minority stories.[5] In the years following its formation, the platform received hundreds of contributions and accolades from Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora. In 2019, the brothers launched the Afritondo Short Story Prize which awards $1000 for the best short story. The Prize, open to African and black minority populations, reportedly attracted 421 submissions from 19 countries.[9][10] In March 2020, South African writer Jarred Thompson was declared the winner of the inaugural prize.[11][12][13]

Writings

Uwazuruike has published books and journal articles on human rights in Africa.[14] He argues for the implementation of a regional approach to the implementation of human rights in Africa.[15] He has also argued for the strengthening of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights through an unequivocal adoption of the commission's rulings as official decisions of the African Union Assembly.[16] Outside of academia, he has also published a range of opinion articles on human rights abuses across Africa.[17]

Books

Human Rights under the African Charter Published in 2020 by Palgrave Macmillan.

Yellow Means Stay: An Anthology of Love Stories from Africa Uwazuruike was one of three editors of the collection published in 2020 by Afritondo.

Philanthropy

In May 2020, Uwazuruike announced that he was giving monthly stipends to poor individuals and families struggling with the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.[1][2]

References
  1. Mpamugoh, Simeon (7 September 2020). "Allwell Uwazuruike: The writer as a humanitarian". The Sun Newspaper. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. Olatubosun, Yinka (19 July 2020). "A writer lends a helping hand in a time of distress". ThisDay Newspaper. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. Awa, Omiko (24 May 2020). "With Afritondo Allwell Uwazuruike promotes African writers". The Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. Olatunbosun, Yinka (4 July 2020). "Amplifying African stories with Afritondo". This Day Newspaper. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  5. Mpamugoh, Simeon (2 May 2020). "Allwell Uwazuruike: Why we're pushing new African stories abroad". The Sun Newspaper. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. Bivan, Nathaniel (17 May 2020). "Why there can't be enough literary platforms". The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. Awa, Omiko (24 May 2020). "With Afritondo, Allwell Uwazuruike promotes African writers". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  8. "Dr Allwell Uwazuruike". University of Central Lancashire. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  9. Bivan, Nathaniel (9 February 2020). "Nine Nigerians dominate Afritondo Prize longlist". Daily Trust Newspaper. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  10. "Afritondo Short Story Prize Longlist". Afritondo. February 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  11. Mpamugoh, Simeon (20 April 2020). "Jarred Thompson wins 2020 Afritondo Prize". The Sun Newspaper. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  12. "South African writer Jarred Thompson wins 2020 Afritondo Short Story Prize". Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  13. "Afritondo Short Story prize awarded to S. African writer". The Nation. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  14. "Allwell Uwazuruike". Google Scholar. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  15. "Human Rights under the African Charter". Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  16. "A Proposal for the Effective Implementation of the Protective Mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights". Brill. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  17. "Posts by Allwell Uwazuruike". Afritondo. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
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