Richard Ali

He was admitted into the LL.B (Civil Law) programme at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 2001 and was called to the bar in 2010 as a barrister and solicitor to the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

At the 2011 international convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors,[3] he was elected Publicity Secretary (North) and served for two two-year terms.

His poetry and short stories have been published widely, including in Jalada, Enkare Review, Saraba Magazine and Okike Journal.

Essays Publications Criticism Post Colonial Conflict in Africa: A Study of Richard Ali’s City of Memories[12] Wandama Wadinga AFRREV IJAH International Journal of Arts and Humanities, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

Symptoms of Trauma in “the Age of Iron”: (Se)Curing the National Psyche in Richard Ali’s City of Memories[13] Olumide Ogundipe PhD Dissertation [2014], Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.