ROBERT NWADIARU is a Nigerian writer, motivational speaker, catechist, former Religious Brother, and university professor. For the past twenty-five years, he has published articles about his home country and his faith, three of which can be found in the appendices of Nigeria: A Failed State? He is a member of Tate Speakers Bureau and jointly managed a public relations agency with his cousin in Lagos, Nigeria. He resides in New York City.