Michael Achile Umameh Biography

Michael Achile Umameh, is a Nigerian-born catholic priest, a doctoral student of Mathematics Education, University of Leeds, UK. A published poet, critic, social commentator and avid promoter of Indigenous African literature and ethnomathematics of the Igala speaking people of Nigeria. His published collection of poems are: The Memoir of the Reluctant Prodigal (2006): The mills of the gods and other rented tears (2011) and his forthcoming publication Walls pretending as Doors (in press) . He is eclectic in his approach to literature and arts. He has obtained degrees from the following universities: University of Ibadan (2000) , Pontifical Urban University, Rome (2004) , University of Benin, Benin-city (2011) , University of Bristol, Bristol (2012) and University of Leeds (PhD Cand.) . He envisions life in the academia.