Pauline Uwakweh

Pauline Ada Uwakweh is a Nigerian writer and academic. Writing as Pauline Onwubiko, she published ''Running for Cover'' (1988), a children's novel giving a child's-eye view of the Nigerian civil war. She is a Professor of Literature in the English Department at North Carolina A&T State University. Her specialism is African writing and literature from the African diaspora, particularly women's writing.

She earned her doctorate degree from Temple University, her M.A from the University of Calabar, and her B.A. from the University of Port Harcourt. Her specialization is in postcolonial African and African Diaspora women’s literature.

Uwakweh is co-author of the book, Engaging the Diaspora: Migration and African Families (2013), and editor of African Women Under Fire: Literary Discourses in War and Conflict (2017). Her works appear in critical books and journals of African literature. She is a Fellow of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship [https://www.ncat.edu/employee-bio.php?directoryID=1316297689 Program]. Provided by Wikipedia