Mr. Alexander Chinedu Ekwesi-Tasie, popularly called Alexbritish Chinedu Ekwesi-Tasie, is a Nigerian writer and historian who hails from Nkarahia village in Isiokpo community, Ikwerre land, Rivers State of Nigeria, West Africa.
He was born on 24 December 1971 to the late Elder Godson Azubuike Ekwesi-Tasie, a well-recognised Ikwerre traditional hunter, and Madam Chinerezi Florence Tasie of Umuokwanoro, Obeakpu, Umunoha, Mbaitolu Local Government Area of Imo State.
Education
His primary education took him through Ogbodo Primary School, Isiokpo; Sacred Hearts Primary School, Diobu, Port Harcourt; Obeakpu Primary School, Imo State; and Umunoha Central Primary School, Imo State.
For secondary school he attended Afara Community Secondary School, Imo State; Eneka Secondary School, Obio/Akpor; Government Secondary School, Emohua; and Government Secondary School, Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area.
He holds an OND and an HND in Public Administration from Temple Gate Polytechnic, Osisioma, Aba, Abia State, having also studied at Lagos State Aviation and Maritime Business (LAMB) Academy. He is currently completing a Master’s degree in Public Administration at a Nigerian university.
Career and creativity
A professional historian majoring in Ikwerre history and culture, he began the historical study of his own people in 2004. Most of what he excavated about Isiokpo and Ikwerre is captured in the histories published in 2008, 2011 and 2022.
He is also a creative writer with a strong flair for crime fiction — three novels, published in 1992, 2010 and 2013.
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