pianist • poet • scholar • || Benjamin Franklin Fellow || Jazz Negotiations (Masobe Books, 2026)

Between poems & pianos
Joined May 2013
My new poetry book, Jazz Negotiations, will be released by Masobe Books @masobebooks on Friday March 20. The book is currently available for pre-order here: masobebooks.com/ng/?post_typ… Copies will be available in bookstores near you in the next couple of days. Please buy, read, and recommend. Thank you!
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G.F. Handel: Allegro from “The Water Music Suite”
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G.F. Handel: Allegro from “The Water Music Suite”
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A presidential Independence Day broadcast goes viral, not for what President Tinubu said, but because some Nigerians are wondering whether it was even real, or whether it was AI. Then twenty young youth corps Nigerians leave home to serve their country, and reportedly never make it to camp. Now comes a reported fifty million naira per-person ransom demand. Then nursing students at Madonna University are expelled over a fifteen-second TikTok video, triggering another national argument: discipline or disproportionate punishment? And beneath it all, a sobering economic reality: reports citing PiggyVest say only about 1 in 10 Nigerians can raise ₦156,000 within a week, only six per cent are financially secure, and ninety-four per cent need help. So what exactly is happening to Nigeria? We are questioning what we see, afraid of where we travel, fighting over what young people are allowed to post, and struggling to raise emergency money when life goes wrong. Rather than being separate viral stories, they all look like one bigger story about trust, safety, dignity and the widening distance between Nigerians and the institutions meant to serve them.
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On the day I left office, I left more than US$150 million as the dollar component of my investment in Anambra State as governor. I hereby provide documents that can be verified with the various banks. Had it remained untouched, this investment was expected to provide Anambra State with approximately US$10 million in annual income. Even if their assertion were accurate—which it is not—that Anambra owed US$123 million, the government could have used the US$10 million generated annually from my savings to reduce the debt. It has now been 13 years since I left office, which would amount to US$130 million. The debt should have been fully settled by now. Had they retained the funds I left in the bank, including the compound interest on the principal and the additional income, the total would be approximately US$335 million today. If they had chosen to repay the US$92.35 million funding, the entire amount would have been covered, leaving approximately US$242 million to be reinvested. That sum would have generated about US$20 million annually for Anambra State. Let me reiterate that, when I left office, I left Anambra State in a strong financial position—the strongest of any state in Nigeria—and I stand by that position. Through this clarification, I wish to state categorically that I will neither engage nor trade words with anyone regarding my tenure in Anambra State. My focus will now be on issues affecting the suffering Nigerian masses, which is the reason for my presidential ambition. A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
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13 years after leaving office as Governor of Anambra State, the impact of Peter Obi’s work still speaks for itself. #NigeriaWillBeOk
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Echezonachukwu Nduka (@echenduka) is an award-winning poet, pianist, scholar, and the author of three poetry collections: ‘Chrysanthemums for Wide-eyed Ghosts’ (@GriotsLounge, 2018), ‘Waterman’ (@GriotsLounge, 2020), and ‘Jazz Negotiations’ (@masobebooks, 2026).
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I love the lecture part of lecture-recitals as much as the piano recital itself. They are essential for contextualizing repertoires, performance practices, and educating audiences about fringe genres such as African pianism. Kroc Center of Philadelphia photo credit: Veda Brown
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This poetry collection uses jazz as an analytical framework to explore identities and modern Africanness. Price: 11000 #bookstore #bookhaul
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What happens when poetry becomes jazz "celebrating the best of music, sound, and the possibilities of language as they entwine intimately with every corner of existence?" That is what happens when a pianist @echenduka also a poet @abasima_essien thelagosreview.ng/in-jazz-ne…
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“Thrill” from Jazz Negotiations, p.40 #JazzNegotiations
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“Thrill” from Jazz Negotiations, p.40 #JazzNegotiations
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“Thermometer” from Jazz Negotiations, p. 82 #JazzNegotiations
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“Thermometer” from Jazz Negotiations, p. 82 #JazzNegotiations
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“Superstition” from Jazz Negotiations, p.89 #JazzNegotiations
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