J. U. Tagbo Nzeako was born on 14 Juun 1940 in Ȯra Anambra (Anambra State) as one of ten children. Lateron he studied journalism and worked then for the Nigerian Television Agency in Enugu. Other publications on his behalfe are Okuku Agbasaa Okpesi, 1964 (Thomas Nelson, Naigeria); Erimma, 1973 (Thomas Nelson, Naigeria); and Juochi, 1981 (Macmillan, Naigeria).