Born in 1961 and raised in Nigeria but educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he has proven that his upbringing under the blithe influence of oral tradition couldn’t have produced no less a raconteur than what be is today. With several strokes of his pen, be has told a fictional story, yet ably weaving its plot with insights into the Nigeria culture and how it affected his characters in comparison with the “American way of life”, to give readers a close sense of involvement in the lives of Mixed Blessings’ related adventures.