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Emeka Aniagolu is from Enugu State, Nigeria. He attended the renowned high school in Nigeria, Government College Umuahia. He did his undergraduate work in Political Science at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and his graduate work in Political Science, African and African American Studies at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is a Professor in the Black World Studies of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, where he teaches African and African-American History and Politics. Emeka Aniagolu’s first novel, Black Mustard Seed, is critically acclaimed by major scholars in the field of African Literature (including the greatest African novelist, Chinua Achebe). It was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers Prize in August of 2002. His second novel, African Glimpses: Three Short Stories, also received critical reviews and acclaim. He is the author of six works of fiction and six works of non-fiction: one in political history and theory—Beyond the Wealth of Nations (2006); a two-volume work in world history, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Multicultural History of Western & World Civilization (Vols. I & II) (2008); and a fourth in American political history, titled: Co-Whites: How & Why White Women “Betrayed” the Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States (2011). Emeka Aniagolu recently published a fifth work of non-fiction—a collection of his allegorical sayings, titled: Mind Flowers: Aphorisms (2012). God’s Children Too (2014) is Emeka Aniagolu’s sixth work of fiction and his eleventh book. His forthcoming book, The Hood & the Swastika, will be his seventh work of non-fiction and his fourteenth book. Professor Aniagolu is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including The Ohio State University Teaching Excellence Award (1992); the Living Faith Award in the State of Ohio (2005); the Martin Luther King (MLK) Commission Educational Excellence Award in the State of Ohio (2013); and the Nigerians in the Diaspora (NIDO) “Community Contribution Award” (2014). He was the Founder/CEO/Publisher of the Ohio-based literary magazine, African Weekender.