Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (26 October 1951 - 18 March 2014) bụ onye edemede Naijiria, onye nchọpụta na onye nkụzi na-akụzi banyere Ọdịbendị na Ịzụ Ụmụaka n'Africa. O bu onye ndumodu puru iche na onye isi oche mbu president Olusegun Obansajo na nka na omenala, na onye otu ntoala nke njiko nke ndi edemede nke Nigeria (ANA) Catherine Acholonu a mụrụ na Orlu na ezinụlọ Chief Lazarus Olumba .Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Orlu tupu ya aghọọ nwanyị mbụ nke Africa iji nweta akara ugo mmụta (1977) na PhD (1987) site na Mahadum Düsseldorf, Germany   ,  Ọ na-akụzi na Alvan Ikoku College of Education Owerri, malite n'afọ 1978. Acholonu bụ onye edemede nke akwụkwọ 16, ọtụtụ n'ime ha na-eji na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na mahadumNigeria, na ngalaba African Studies na USA na Europe. Ọrụ ya na ọrụ ya nwere nkwado na nkwado nke United States Information Service (USIS), British Council, the Rockefeller Foundation na n'afọ 1989, a kpọrọ ya ka ọ gaa ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ na USA, na-ekwuputa ọrụ ya n'okpuru United States Visitor's Program.