Onyeka Nubia is a British historian, author and academic. Using the

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Onyeka, his works explore the history of Black British people, and

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. In 2013, he published the non-fiction work '' Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, their Presence, Status and Origins'', which detailed the history of

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. ''Blackamoores'' formed the basis of Onyeka's PhD by publication awarded by the

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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

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. Onyeka is an assistant professor in the department of history at the

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. He presented the

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television programme ''Walking Victorian Britain''.

Writings

Fiction

Novels

*''Waiting to Explode – How to Stay Alive'', Narrative Eye (1998) *''The Black Prince – Leopards in the Temple'', Narrative Eye (1999) *''The Phoenix – Misrule in the Land of Nod'', Narrative Eye (2008)

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)

References

External links

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