Ifeoma Okoye (ikekwe a mụrụ na 1937) ka ndị Fans na-ezo aka na ya dịka "nwanyị edemede kachasị mkpa sitere n'aka na-ede akwụkwọ Nigeria ewepụ Flora Nwapa na Buchi Emecheta," dika Oyekan Owomoyela siri kwuo. Amụrụ ya na Anambra State na Eastern Nigeria. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na St. Monica's College na Ogbunike inweta Asambodo nke Nkuzi na1959. Ọ gụọ akwụkwọ Mahadum na University of Nigeria in Nsukka ebe onwetara Bachelor of Arts honours degree na English na 1977. O dere akwụkwọ dika Behind the Clouds, akwụkwọ Ụmụaka dika The Village Boy na Eme Goes to School.   A mụrụ Ifeoma Okoye na 1937 na Anambra State, Nigeria; a maghị ụbọchị a mụrụ ya. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ na St. Monica's College dị na Ogbunike ma nweta akwụkwọ nkuzi. Ọ kụziiri ya na mahadum St. Monica maka afọ abụọ. N'afọ 1963 rue 1967, ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ niile nke International International All Saints International School in Enugu. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ota-akara ya na Enugu site na 1971 ruo 1974. Site na 1974 rue 1977, Okoye Mahadum na University of Nigeria, Nsukka, ebe onwetara asambodo Bachelor of Arts na English.