Stephen Kekeghe was born in 1982 and grew up in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. He holds a BA in English from Delta State University, Abraka, and an MA in English at the University of Ibadan. His poems have appeared in the anthologies Abraka Voices, Volume 3 and Rising Voices: Rhythms in Honour of Professor Remi Raji-Oyelade, and on Poemshunter.com. His play, Pond of Leeches, is in press. He has completed a collection of poems, Chants of Memories.