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born 1956 Nigeria

Philip Begho (born 11 January 1956) is a Nigerian writer (dramatist, children's writer, novelist, short story writer, and poet), the author of more than forty books. Born in Warri, Delta State, of an Itsekiri father and a mother of mixed race, he received his secondary school education at King's College, Lagos, and obtained an LLB. from the University of Lagos and an LL.M. from the University of London (London School of Economics).Though he currently works as a full-time writer, he has worked as a journalist, a banker, a businessman, a legal practitioner and a university lecturer.

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For no story is as timeless, as universal, as revealing or as helpful as the best of the world’s children’s stories.

The news came as I was pondering where the greatest stories lurked. In films? On the stage? In real life? In bestselling novels? No, they are to be found in the best children’s stories.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Philip Begho (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.