Mr. Stephen Kekeghe

Stephen Ese Kekeghe (born 10 October 1982) is a Nigerian writer, scholar and academic. His poetry collection Rumbling Sky is a joint winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Poetry in 2021, and his play Broken Edges (2023) was shortlisted for the Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Drama in 2023.

Early life and education Kekeghe was born into an Urhobo family in 1982 in Imode, Delta State, Nigeria. Rumbling Sky (poetry collection, 2020) Broken Edges (play, 2023) Omobowale, E. B. & Kekeghe, Stephen E. (Course Developers). ENG 801: Literature and Medicine. National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

Poetry Kekeghe's poetry has appeared in several anthologies, including 22 Voices for WPD, (2022), Sorosoke: An #EndSARS Anthology, Rising Voices: Rhythms in Honour of Professor Remi Raji-Oyelade, Abraka Voices (2010) and Words Without Borders (2012). Mental Health, Minority Discourse and Tanure Ojaide's Short Stories (2020) Political Ambition and Psychiatric Manifestations in Femi Osofisan's A Restless Run of Locusts (2021 Humour in the Euphemization of Depravities, Dread and Distress in Selected Nigerian Comic Skits of Sabinus (2025) Medical Narratives and Nollywood Films: Psychophysical Manifestations of Sickle Cell Anemia and Clinical Experiences in Tunde Kelani's Dazzling Mirage (2025) Nollywood and the Hybrid Postcolonial Space: Cultural Nationalism and Identities Construction in Kayode Kasum's Afamefuna (2025)

Awards and recognition Kekeghe has received several awards and nominations, including Certificate of Achievement, 5th USER Congress and Prize Awarding Festival, University of Tehran (2020) Joint Winner, Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Poetry (2021) for Rumbling Sky Distinguished Scholar and Writer Award, Urhobo Progress Union (2022) Shortlisted, Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Drama (2023) for Broken Edges Distinguished Head of Department Award, National Association of Students of English & Literary Studies, Ajayi Crowther University (2023)

Personal life Kekeghe is married to Abigail Kekeghe. They have three children: Emuesiri, Ebruphiyo and Erhuvwu.