Ruyi: Tell us something about yourself, where you are based, and how you came to be a writer. My name is Sam Akowe. I was born 63 years ago in Oza-Nogogo town in Ika South Local Government of Delta State of Nigeria. I am the youngest child of a family of six (4 men and 2 women). I left Oza in 1968 to Agbor in Delta State (then Mid-West) during the Nigerian civil war. I later relocated to Lagos in 1973. When my father died in 1963, continuing my primary education became very difficult. When my mother could no longer cope, she withdrew me from school, therefore unable to complete my elementary education. She handed me over to a local trader who also had a shop at Agbor to become a shop assistant at the age of 12. I left Agbor for Lagos in 1973 having served my “master” for three years without any reward. On arrival in Lagos, I wanted to continue my education but my elder brothers who I had joined in Lagos where in no financial position to sponsor me. ...
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