Onuora Nzekwu ( OON ) nke a makwaara dị ka Joseph Onuora Nzekwu (19 February 1928 – 21 April 2017) bụ onye prọfesọ, ode akwụkwọ na onye nchịkọta akụkọ sitere n'aka ndị Igbo . Ọ bụ onye dere akwụkwọ akụkọ Wand of Noble Wood n'afọ 1961 na akwụkwọ akụkọ Eze Goes to School n'afọ 1963 nke so na usoro akwụkwọ e dere n'Africa . A mụrụ Nzekwu na Kafanchan, ￼steeti Kaduna , n'ezinụlọ Maazị . Obiese Nzekwu na Oriakụ Mary Ogugua Nzekwu (née Aghadiono) nke Onitsha na ￼steeti Anambra . N'ọnwa Jenụwarị 1956, Nzekwu sonyeere ndị ọrụ gọọmentị etiti wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye enyemaka nchịkọta akụkọ na ngalaba 'Nigerian Magazine' nke minịsịta ozi na nzikọrịtaozi, site na 1956 ruo 1958. N'afọ 1958, ọ weghaara ọnọdụ nke onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke akwụkwọ ozi ahụ. Nzekwu gara n'ihu na-elekọta ngalaba na-ahụ maka akwụkwọ akụkọ nke minịsịta ozi na nzikọrịtaozi Naijiria ruo n'afọ 1966, mgbe nsogbu Naijiria mere ka ọ nyefee ọrụ ya n'ọrụ obodo nke odịda anyanwụ ￼Naijiria.