Mnguember Vicky Sylvester grew up in Jos where she wrote articles for the Standard Newspaper while in High School. She was later employed as a reporter by the same newspaper after ...view moreMnguember Vicky Sylvester grew up in Jos where she wrote articles for the Standard Newspaper while in High School. She was later employed as a reporter by the same newspaper after graduation from the university and a one year national service as a programmes producer with Radio OYO. She taught in several schools before joining the University of Abuja after her Ph.D on a literary history of Nigerian women.
Mnguember Vicky Sylvester is a literary historian. She has four books of literary criticism, including perspectives on two popular Nigerian writers, biography, and twelve edited books. Among her published creative works are Zuma Rock (poems), Inikpi Om’Idoko (historical play) and Long Shadows (historical novel). Sylvester has taught for many years at the University of Abuja and is, at the moment, a resident writer at the Ebedi International Writers Residency, Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeriaview less