Onyeka Nubia FRHistS is a British historian, author and academic. Using the pen name Onyeka, his works explore the history of Black British people, and multiculturalism in the United Kingdom. In 2013, he published the non-fiction work Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, their Presence, Status and Origins, which detailed the history of Black people in Tudor England. Blackamoores formed the basis of Onyeka's PhD by publication awarded by the University of East Anglia in 2016.
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 appeared on the television programme Shoot the Messenger on the TV channel VoxAfrica, discussing the experience of the African diaspora.
Onyeka is an assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Nottingham.
He presented the 5Select television programme Walking Victorian Britain.
Writings
Fiction
Novels
- Waiting to Explode – How to Stay Alive, Narrative Eye (1998) ISBN 0-953318-20-6
- The Black Prince – Leopards in the Temple, Narrative Eye (1999) ISBN 0-953318-24-9
- The Phoenix – Misrule in the Land of Nod, Narrative Eye (2008) ISBN 0-953318-27-3
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) ISBN 0-953318-21-4
References
- "Fellows – N" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- "Theory of WAR", Voice, August, 1998 p. 40
- Study of African genes
- "Onyeka Nubia". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/77028773.pdf
- "2009 Award Winners". African Achievers International. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- "Study of African genes: who stands to gain most from it?". Voxafrica.com. 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- "Onyeka Nubia". Department of History. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- "Walking Victorian Britain Season 1". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
External links
- Onyeka Nubia at IMDb
- 20th-century English male writers
- 20th-century English novelists
- 21st-century British novelists
- 21st-century English male writers
- Black British writers
- English dramatists and playwrights
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- English male novelists
- English people of Nigerian descent
- Living people
- Academics of the University of Nottingham
- Alumni of the University of East Anglia