Her name is Amarachi Jessica Orji Idika, she’s the last child in a family of 8. Amara is quite passionate about the girl child education and women empowerment; Yes, she’s a humanist to the bone. She believes that the bulk of the problem in the society is hinged on gender inequality and she advocates unashamedly for a balance.
Plus, she is an African who is not afraid to prove that the so-called third world continent are in fact the springboard of the pristine existence of humanity.
This Saharian is a journalist by training; she obtained her first degree, a B.A in History and International studies from The University of Nigeria, her second degree in Multimedia Journalism , majoring in media law, from Pan Atlantic University (Lagos Business School). she’s a certified investigative journalist from RNTC, (Radio Netherlands Training Institute) and SJL, United Kingdom, respectively.
She loves writing any and everything, and in fact a published writer. Asides writing and travelling, which are her favourite hobbies, she’s also a football enthusiast….she’s simply a Chelsea Football Club fanatic.
Amara, believes that the two major highlights during the second decade of her existence were, being selected out of over 250 writers, to represent Nigeria in a WRITING FOR CHANGE Workshop, organised by (AWDF) African Women Development Fund, held in Kampala Uganda in 2015, for her it was a new level of euphoria , as she had the privilege of meeting 22 brilliant women selected from across the globe. In 2016, she was one of the Nigerian delegates in the Grantmakers Conference, held in Arusha Tanzania and she met her childhood idol: one of the greatest African singers in living memory, Yvonne Chaka Chaka; she called it a ‘surreal moment’. Another great moment of her life was being interviewed by BBC in Arusha, where she talked about her book and other sundry issues of Africa.