Obi Wali (an haife shi a ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairu shekarar 1932 ya mutu a ranar 26 ga watan Afrilu shekarar 1993) ya kasance mai rajin kare hakkin marasa rinjaye, kuma dan siyasa, fitaccen sanata, masanin adabi, kuma mai magana ne daga Najeriya. kuma cikin nasarorin da ya samu, ya yi gwagwarmaya don neman tsirarun kabilun Ikwerre ya kuma yi ikirarin cewa ya kamata a rubuta adabin Afirka da yarukan Afirka. An haifi Obi Wali a ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairu, shekarar 1932 a Garin Rumuigbo, hedkwatar Masarautar Apara, a cikin Karamar Hukumar Obio Akpor ta Jihar Ribas . Iyayensa sune Late Chief Frank Wali Otogbo da Late Mrs. Jane Wali Otogbo diyar shahararren Marigayi Cif Ezebunwo Amadi Nwondugba, wanda shi ne babban mai mulkin Oroworukwo Rebisi a karamar hukumar Fatakwal ta Jihar Ribas . Yana da ƙaramin sibbling, Marigayi Mrs Patience Waku Okabie Worgu. Ya yi karatu a makarantar Afirka ta Yamma, Calabar, sannan ya bi makarantar sakandare ta St. Augustine, Nkwerre . Don karatun sakandarensa ya halarci Kwalejin Jami'a ta Ibadan, inda ya kware a fannin adabi.