Let us pause for a minute for the passing of one of the best novelists in the history of modern African literature, Prof. Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike (28 April 1931 – 8 January 2020), author of Toads for Supper, published 1965, The Naked God’s (1970), The Potter’s Wheel (1973), Sunset at Dawn (1976), Expo ’77 (1980), The Chicken Chasers (1980), The Bottled Leopard (1985), Our Children Are Coming Home (1990), Conspiracy of Silence (2001) and other books.
His popular novel, "Expo '77", was the first Nigerian novel on the consequences of examination malpractices in West Africa based on his experiences as a former Registrar of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) in the 1970s.