Allwell Uwazuruike
{{Short description|Nigerian academic and author}}
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Allwell Uwazuruike is an academic and author. In 2018, he co-founded Afritondo.{{cite web |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/allwell-uwazuruike-the-writer-as-a-humanitarian/ |title=Allwell Uwazuruike: The writer as a humanitarian |last=Mpamugoh |first=Simeon |date=7 September 2020 |website= |publisher=The Sun Newspaper |access-date=10 September 2020 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://guardian.ng/art/with-afritondo-allwell-uwazuruike-promotes-african-writers/ |title=With Afritondo Allwell Uwazuruike promotes African writers |last=Awa |first=Omiko |date=24 May 2020 |website= |publisher=The Guardian Newspaper |access-date=10 September 2020 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/07/04/amplifying-african-stories-with-afritondo/ |title=Amplifying African stories with Afritondo |last=Olatunbosun |first=Yinka |date=4 July 2020 |website= |publisher=This Day Newspaper |access-date=10 September 2020 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sunnewsonline.com/allwell-uwazuruike-why-were-pushing-new-african-stories-abroad/ |title=Allwell Uwazuruike: Why we're pushing new African stories abroad |last=Mpamugoh |first=Simeon |date=2 May 2020 |website= |publisher=The Sun Newspaper |access-date=13 June 2020 |quote=}}{{cite web |url=https://guardian.ng/art/with-afritondo-allwell-uwazuruike-promotes-african-writers/ |title=With Afritondo, Allwell Uwazuruike promotes African writers |last=Awa |first=Omiko |date=24 May 2020 |website= |publisher=Guardian Newspaper |access-date=13 June 2020 |quote=}}
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.
Writings
Uwazuruike has published books and journal articles on human rights in Africa.{{cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eHk7zVEAAAAJ&hl=en/ |title=Allwell Uwazuruike |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=12 June 2020 |quote=}}
Books
[https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030417383/ Human Rights under the African Charter] Published in 2020 by Palgrave Macmillan.
[https://www.afritondo.com/yellow-means-stay Yellow Means Stay: An Anthology of Love Stories from Africa] Uwazuruike was one of three editors of the collection published in 2020 by Afritondo.
[https://www.afritondo.com/the-dogs-and-the-baboons-the-human-rights-revolution-nigeria-needs The Dogs and the Baboons] Published in 2022 by Afritondo.