About the Author

Major (Rtd) Onyapidi David lok'Ebere

Storyteller • Poet • Author

Onyapidi David lok'Ebere is a Kenyan storyteller, poet and retired Clinical Officer with a strong interest in education and community development. His professional experience spans more than four decades of diverse expertise in Kenya, including service as a Clinical Officer and work as Chief Clinical and Farm Manager at the Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation. His clinical experience included postings at Kahawa Garrison in Nairobi and hospitals in Eldoret, Mukumu, Kirinyaga and Nyeri. He holds a Master's degree in Community Care focusing on HIV and AIDS, a Postgraduate Diploma in the same field, and a postgraduate certification in Epidemiology from the University of Nairobi, with academic ties to St. Paul's University and Wales University.

The Professional

More than four decades of diverse professional experience in Kenya, including service as a Clinical Officer and as Chief Clinical and Farm Manager at the Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation, with clinical postings including Kahawa Garrison in Nairobi and hospitals in Eldoret, Mukumu, Kirinyaga and Nyeri.

The Storyteller

A lifetime of observation across Kenyan communities and institutions informs a body of work rooted in lived experience, offering readers stories drawn from the realities of Kenyan and African life.

The Poet

Poetry that moves between research, personal insight and free verse, engaging directly with society's pressures, contradictions and possibilities.

The Community Advocate

A continuing interest in education and community development underpins the author's academic and professional path, including a Master's degree in Community Care focusing on HIV and AIDS, a Postgraduate Diploma in the same field, and a postgraduate certification in Epidemiology from the University of Nairobi, with academic ties to St. Paul's University and Wales University.

The Author

Three works published to date — Behind My Shadow, The Prison on the Hill, and Over My Shadow: An Epic Free-Verse Collection — with more expected as the author continues to write.