(Emmanuel Ngwainmbi, pseud. Emmanuel Kane) holds the doctorate in Human Communication Studies and degrees in English & Literature. Emmanuel published his first poem at age 11; he h...view more(Emmanuel Ngwainmbi, pseud. Emmanuel Kane) holds the doctorate in Human Communication Studies and degrees in English & Literature. Emmanuel published his first poem at age 11; he has since published 14 books; 4 novels, 3 reference books, a YA fiction, and 5 poetry volumes. Other poems appear anthologies in Chapel Hill Press, The Washington Review; Apples and Oranges Magazine; Electric Acorn, Dublin, Ireland; Lynne Reiner Publishers; Symphony of Verse; New Poets of West Africa Malthouse Press; and New Horizons by Yaoundé University Press, also New Directions: The Howard University Magazine, and Sensations Magazine. There are over 1000 items about his poetry on the internet. A member of the Poets & Writers and the Charlotte Writers Club, he has participated in various National Poetry Month events and received a number of prizes for his 'eclectic' style. In the late 80s and 90s, Emmanuel belonged to an association of Poets in Washington, D.C. where he shared the platform with E. Ethelbert Miller and other successful poets. He has read at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.view less