Nkem Nwankwo (12 June 1936 ruo 12 June 2001) bụ onye ode akwụkwọ na onye ode abụ nke Naijiria . A mụrụ ya na Nawfia-Awka, obodo dị nso na obodo Igbo bụ Onitsha na Naịjịrịa, Nwankwo gara University College na Ịbadan, nweta akara nzere BA n'afọ 1962. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ ọ nwetara ọrụ nkuzi na Ibadan Grammar School, tupu ọ gaa n'ihu ide akwụkwọ akụkọ magazin, gụnyere Drum na-arụ ọrụ na Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation . O dere ọtụtụ akụkọ maka ụmụaka bụ nke ebipụtara na 1963 dị ka Tales Out of School. O derekwara Tales out of School ọzọkwa na 1965. Dịka Onye edemede obere akụkọ na uri, Nwankwo nwetara nlenyere anya na akwụkwọ mbụ ya bụ Danda na (1964), bụ nke e mere dịka egwu nke etinyere na 1966 World Festival of Negro Arts na Dakar, Senegal . N’oge agha obodo Nigeria Civil war Nwankwo rụrụ ọrụ na Biafra’s Arts Council. Na 1968, site na njiko aka nke ya na Samuel X. Ifekjika, o dere Biafra: The Making of a Nation .