Ekpe Inyang

The
2014 winner of the Eko Prize for Emerging Anglophone Writers in the
poetry category, Ekpe Inyang holds an MSc. in Advanced Professional
Studies (Environmental Studies) from the University of Strathclyde, UK.
He spent several years working for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and also served as a short-term
consultant to the German Technical Agency (GTZ, now GIZ) in the South
West Region, Cameroon. He was a lecturer and Coordinator of the Diploma
in Development Studies Programme at the Pan-African Institute for
Development – West Africa, in Buea, Cameroon, and currently the Capacity
Building Advisor of WWF Coastal Forests Programme (WWF-CFP) and
Education for Sustainable Development and Youth Focal Point for WWF
Cameroon Country Programme Office (WWF-CCPO). He has published eight
plays, four scientific articles, a book chapter, two major textbooks
(one as co-author), and eight poetry anthologies, six of which have been
published.