Emeritus Professor of Theatre and African Studies
Resume:
EMEKA PATRICK NWABUEZE
Emeritus Professor of Theatre & African Studies
Cypress, Texas 77433
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PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT
A seasoned scholar with many years of significant experience in teaching and research, as well as mentorship of both undergraduate and graduate students. One of the major pioneers of research in traditional African drama and theatre. A renowned theorist and critic of African literature and drama, an award-winning playwright and innovator with an avalanche of scholarly books and articles in international journals
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND DEGREES OBTAINED
University of Nigeria, Nsukka – B.A. Hons [English/Drama] University of Jos, Nigeria – Postgraduate Diploma in Education Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA – M.A [Dramatic Arts]
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA – Ph.D.
[Theatre]
MAJOR FELLOWSHIPS AND HONOURS
Advanced Teaching Fellowship, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. Fellow, Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists {fsonta}. Fellow, Institute of Corporate Administration {FCAI} Distinguished Fellow, Association of Nigerian Authors {ANA} Honorary Fellow in Writing, International Writing Program, University of Iowa, U.S.A., in collaboration with the United States InformationAgency. Mary Kingsley Lecturer, Royal African Society, United Kingdom, in collaboration with the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. COMMENDATIONS/AWARDS
Presidential Award for outstanding Contributions to the University Theatre. 2
First Prize Winner for the play, The Dragon’s Funeral. Distinguished Academic of the Year, Society for Research and Academic Excellence. Emeritus Profess0r of the University of Nigeria, Conferred during the 50 th
Convocation of the
University of Nigeria by the Chancellor, His Imperial Majesty, The Ooni of Ife. DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC OF THE YEAR, Society for Research and Academic Excellence, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. 2018.
MLLENNIUM GOLD MEDAL MERIT AWARD FOR INCORRUPTIBLE ICONS IN NIGERIA, United Action against Corruption and Injustice International, 2008. WINNER, CENTRE FOR VALUES AND LEADERSHIP (CVL) PRIZE FOR LITERATURE (DRAMA), Centre for Values and Leadership, 2007. PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITION, For outstanding contributions to the University of Nigeria Alumni Association, 2001-2005.
DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC AWARD, University of Nigeria Alumni Association, Awka Branch, 2004.
VICE-CHANCELLOR’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, {As Best Teacher}, University of Nigeria, 2004.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Research Advisor, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, since 2019 Professor of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria. Adjunct Professor of Theatre Arts, Imo State University, Owerri. Founding Professor of Theatre and Dramatic Arts, Academy for the Performing Arts, University of Trinidad and Tobago.
William F. Quillian Visiting International Professor, Randolph Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA 24503, U.S.A.
Visiting Scholar/Director of Theatre, University of Eswatini, Southern Africa. Associate Professor & Chair, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A., Aug. 1982-Sept. ’83. Graduate Teaching Fellow, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, U.S.A., 1980-82. Lecturer in Literature and Drama, Kano State Institute for Higher Education, Kan 1976-79. English Master, Kuka Teachers’ College, Kano State Ministry of Education, Kano, Nigeria, 1975-76. (National Service).
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria. Head, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria. Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Wole Soyinka and the Poetics of Commitment,
Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Chinua Achebe and the Convolutions of Immortality: Re-assessing the Writer in Relation to New Realities, 2017.
Chairman, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Sexuality and Culture in Postcolonial Africa, 2016.
Member, Senate Committee on award of Honorary degrees, Univ. of Nigeria, 2008-2019. Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria, 1992-94. 3
Chairman, Junior Staff Disciplinary Committee, University of Nigeria, 2004 – 08. Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria, 2002-2004 Head, Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Nigeria, 2000-02. Permanent Member, University Senate, 1996-2019.
Chairman, Faculty of Arts Research Grants Committee, University of Nigeria, 1993-96. Faculty of Arts Representative on Academic Planning of the Development Committee of Senate, 1992-93.
Chairman, Sub-Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Nigeria, 1991-93. Chairman, Faculty of Arts Seminars/Public Lectures Committee, 1987-90. Chairman, Faculty of Arts Curriculum Committee, 1986-95. Chairman, Division of Humanities and Fine Arts, Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A., August 1982 -September 1983. CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE
Chairman of the Technical Committee, Conference on Culture, Zonal Intervention Projects and National Development, National Institute for Cultural Orientation, Oakland Hotel, Enugu, Nov. 30 – Dec. 01, 2020.
University Representative on the Ahiajoku Festival Planning Committee, Imo State Ministry of Information and Culture, Nigeria, 2000-2007. Member, World Bank/National Universities Commission Research Team on Formative Evaluation of Federal Universities Development Projects, 1994. Resource Person in Cultural and Creative Arts, National Teachers’ Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1989-92.
EXPERIENCE AS EXTERNAL EXAMINER
External Examiner, Department of Theatre Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, 2004 – 2007.
External Examiner, Postgraduate Studies in Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, 2004 – 2007.
External Examiner in Performing Arts, Delta State University, 2003-2006 External Examiner in Theatre, Kogi State University Postgraduate Degrees, 2006. External Examiner in Theatre, Imo State University Postgraduate Degrees,2001-08 External Examiner in Theatre Arts, University of Benin, Nigeria, 1991-94. External Examiner, Anambra State Colleges of Education, Awka/Nsugbe, 1989-94 External Examiner for the Ph.D. Degree in English, University of Calicut, Kerala, India 1988/89.
EDITORSHIP OF PROFESSESSIONAL JOURNALS
Editor, Ikenga: International Journal of the Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2014-2019.
Editor, Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2014 – 2019.
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Consulting Editor, Nsukka Journal of Mass Communication, Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2004 – 2010. Editorial Consultant, the Creative Artiste: Journal of Theatre, Drama, Culture and Media Arts, Imo State University, Owerri, 2004 – 2010.
Editorial Consultant, Theatre Experience: Journal of Contemporary Theatre Practice, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, 2002 – 2008.
Consulting Editor, Theatre Journal, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Calabar, 2000 – 2005.
Consulting Editor, Theatre Studies Review, University of Calabar, 2001- 2006. Consulting Editor, Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies, 2001-present.
Associate Editor, Focus on Theatre: A Quarterly Journal of Theatre Discourse. University of Calabar, 2001-2005.
Associate Editor, Nsukka Journal of the Humanities, University of Nigeria, 1989-93. REVIEW OF PAPERS FOR JOURNALS
Reviewed countless articles for publication in academic journals in Nigeria and abroad. ASSESSMENT OF PAPERS FOR PROMOTION
Assessed thirty colleagues for promotion to the rank of Professor in many Universities. POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION
Master of Arts degree (M.A.) 51
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 20 (Some still in progress DETAILS OF PhD SUPERVISION
A. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
S/N NAME TITLE OF THESIS YEAR OF
GRADUATION
1 Uche -
Chinemere
Nwaozuzu
Ambiguous Archetypes and Social Iconicity:
Characterization in the Plays of Bode Sowande
and Femi Osofisan
2015
3 Ifeanyi
Ugwu
Literary Theatre Reception in Nigeria During
the Period 1948 to 2010: A Historical
Perspective
2011
4 Norbert O. Eze A Comparative Analysis of Wole Soyinka and Ola Rotimi
2015
5 Mary Isabella
Ada Ezeh
Changing faces of Tragedy in the Classical,
Renaissance and the Modern Period
2015
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6 Chinenye
Amonyeze
The New Humanist Ideals: A Hermeneutical
Study of Esiaba Irobi's Freudian Heroes
2015
7 Ndubuisi M.
Nnanna
Hegelian Dialectic Structures in selected plays
of Emeka Nwabueze
2016
8 Ikechukwu U.
Erojikwe
Space and Place of Drama in Health
Humanities
2016
9 Teryila D.
Indyer
Dialectal Variational Aesthetics and Language
Use in selected plays of Wole Soyinka
2016
10 Cindy
Alumona-
Ezeugwu
Shades of Violence in the Works of Three
Selected Nigerian Playwrights
2017
11 Victor O.
Omeje
Revenge Motifs and Social Contradictions in
selected plays of Sam Ukala
2018
12 Rowland C.
Amaefula
Gendered Performances in Four Nigerian Plays 2019
13.
14.
Nneka Ibeli
Ikechukwu
Odum
A Comparative Synthesis of the Theatre of the
Mind and Theatre of the Absurd.
Exploration of Cannibalism, Occultic
Influence of Numbers and Artistic Arrhythmia
in Selected Plays of Esiaba Irobi
2019
B. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA 15. Christine Ohale From Ritual to Art: A Study of the Aesthetics and Cultural Relevance of Ihiala Satirical Lore
1996
16 Frida Mbunda The Aesthetics and Cultural Relevance of Njange Wan (Birth songs of the Oku people in
Cameroon)
2001
17 Uche Ugwueze A Comparative study of Female Characters in Selected Works of Emecheta, Kincaid and
Walker
2006
C IN THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
18. Jude Chinagolum Conflict Management and Resolution in Ani, North Central Zone of Nigeria, 2010-2019
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D IN IMO STATE UNIVERSITY AS ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
19 Emeka
Nwosu
Utopianism And Reality: Nollywood Films
and Resolution of Youth Conflicts in Nigeria
2015
20. Nicholas
Chielotam
Akas
Semiotics In Traditional Nigerian Dances: A
Study of Ekeleke, Nkwanwite, Owumini and
Idu
2015
21. Stellamaris K.
Ogbonna
Revolutionary Aesthetics and Ritual in Esiaba
Irobi’s Dramaturgy: A Critical Appraisal
2016
22. Helen Udunaga
Aghamelu
Drama And Behavioural Psychology: A Study
of Selected Plays of Emeka Nwabueze
2017
SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SENATE RESEARCH GRANT – On the Study of Igbo Masquerade Performance as Ritual Theatre, 1988-90.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION :( Through the Nigerian Onchocerciasis Research Project)
- To produce a Docudrama to sensitise audiences to comply with follow-up treatment for the drug, Mectizan, 1991-92.
SOCIETY FOR GYNAECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS OF NIGERIA (SOGON) To write, direct and make a video documentary of an original play to sensitise Target audiences on safe motherhood and the risks of adolescent pregnancy.
CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, U.S.A. - Grant on Community Theatre Project for the sensitisation of target audiences in parts of Nigeria on safe motherhood and the risks of adolescent pregnancy.
PUBLCATIONS
BOOKS
1. A Critical Study of Modern African Drama. Enugu: CNC Publications, 2021. 2. The Axioms of Chinua Achebe (with C.N.C. Asomugha) Enugu: C.N.C. Publications, 2019.
3. The Polemics of the Dramatic Text. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2012. 4. The World of the Play: Poetics of Play script Interpretation. Vol. One: The Classical Age. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2012.
5. The World of the Play: Poetics of Play script Interpretation. Vol. Two: Medieval and Renaissance Drama. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2012. 6. The World of the Play: Poetics of Play script Interpretation. Vol. Three: Satire and Naturalism. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2012
7. The World of the Play: Poetics of Play script Interpretation. Vol. Four: Realism and Expressionism. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2012.
8. Studies in Dramatic Literature. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2011 9. Research Methods: An Integrated Approach. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2009. 10. Visions and Re-Visions: Selected Discourses on Literary Criticism. Enugu: ABIC, 2004. 7
11. Lecture Notes on Sizwe Bansi is dead. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 1991. CREATIVE WORKS
12. Incantations (Poems) Enugu: CNC Publications, 2022. 13. Caging the Albatross (a play) Enugu: Pan Africa Press, 2023 14. Rainstorm in the Desert (a play). Enugu: CNC Publications, 2018. 15. Lachrymose (a play), Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2014. 16. The Dragon’s Funeral (a play), Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2005. 17. Fate of a Maiden (a play) Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2003. 18. Echoes of Madness (a play) Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2001. 19. A Parliament of Vultures (a play) Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2000. 20. Heroes of Conscience (a play) Kearney, Nebraska: Morris Publishing Co., 1998. 21. The First Lady (A Play) by Flora Nwapa, Emeka Nwabueze, and Nelson Okonkwo. Enugu: Tana Press, 1993.
22. Conversations (A Play) co-authored with Flora Nwapa and N. Okonkwo; Enugu: Tana Press, 1993.
23. When the Arrow Rebounds: A Dramatic Recreation of Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 1992.
24. A Dance of the Dead (a play, Nominated for the Noma Award) Ibadan: Evans, 1991. 25 Guardian of the Cosmos (a play). Ikeja: Longman, 1990. 26. Spokesman for the Oracle (a play). Ibadan: Evans Publishers, 1986. JUVENILE LITERATURE
27. Why the Vulture’s Head Is Bald. Enugu: New Generation Publishers, 2024 28. Penance for the Scholar (A School Play) Enugu: C.N.C. Publications, 2021. 29. The Marriage of Adaeze. (A School Play) Enugu: CNC Publications, 2021. 30. Recess Tragedy. (A School Play) Enugu: CNC Publications, 2021. 31. Agaba and the Giant Creature (A novella) Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2011. 32. The Adventures of Biri (A novella). Nsukka: Bell’s Books, 2004 B: CHAPTERS IN MAINLINE BOOKS
33. “Transcending the Limits of the Word: Wole Soyinka, Discursive Strategies, and the Perpetual Presence” In Wole Soyinka and the Poetics of Commitment Ed. Emeka Nwabueze. Enugu: CNC Publications, 2018, 1-7.
34. “On the Convolutions of Immortality: The Legacy of Chinua Achebe” In Chinua Achebe and the Convolutions of Immortality: Re-assessing the Writer in Relation to New Realities. Ed. Emeka Nwabueze. Enugu: CNC Publications, 2018. 35, “The Griot as Sole Artiste: Aesthetics of Performance in African Folk Art.” Fifty Years of Solo Performing Art in Nigeria: 1966-2016. Ed. Greg Mbajiorgu and Amanze Akpuda. Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2018, 22-30.
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36. “Deconstructing Sexuality”, Sexuality and Culture in Postcolonial Africa. Ed. Emeka Nwabueze. Balti, Moldova: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017, 9 – 12. 37. ‘’African Female Playwrights: A Critical Profile” African Female Playwrights: A Study of Matter and Manner. Ed. Emeka Nwabueze. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2016, 10-39. 38. “Woman Being in the African Society.” African Female Playwrights: A Study of Matter and Manner. Ed. Emeka Nwabueze. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2016, 80- 88. 39. “Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and the Complexities of Interpretation” In the Heart of Things Fall Apart.Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi (Ed.) Enugu: Pan Africa Press, 2015, 15-19. 40. “A Psychoanalytic Reading of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. in Readings in Caribbean and Afro-American Literature. Ed. Amanze Akpuda. {in press}. 41. “Ranking of African Literary Writers and the Canonization of Texts”, in Major Themes in African Literature. Ed. D.U. Opata and A. U Ohaegbu. Nsukka: Express Publishers, 2000, 189-203.
42. “Characterization in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah: A Study in Transactional Analysis” in Salutes: Selected Writings on African Literature. Ed. Monika Idehen. Evanston, Illinois: Troubadour Press, 1994, 110-120. 43. “The Theatre Arts and National Consciousness” in African Humanities. Ed. Okoro Ijo ma. Awka: Mekslink Publishers, 1992, 223-34.
44. “Use of Cultural Events as Basis for Dramatic Action” in NCE/DLS Course Book in Cultural and Creative Arts. Kaduna: National Teachers’ Institute, 1991. 45. With A.S.A. Uyovbukerhi. “Events and Character Analysis of a Given Historical Figure”, NCE/DLS Course Book in Cultural and Creative Arts. Kaduna: National Teachers’ Institute, 1991.
46. With Zulu Sofola. “Creation of Dramatic Action and Production on a Chosen Historical Figure”, NCE/DLS Course Book in Cultural and Creative Arts. Kaduna: National Teachers’ Institute, 1991.
47. “Statement of Artistic Vision as a focus for a script”. NCR/DLS Course book on Cultural and Creative Arts. Kaduna: National Teachers Institute, 1990, 35-39. 48. “The Art of Dramatic Art” in English Studies. Ed. C.A. Okafor. Onitsha: Africana- FEP Publishers, 1989, 170-82.
49. “Drama and Social Criticism: The African Experience” in Readings in Humanities: African Perspectives in World Culture. Ed. I.T.K. Egonu. Owerri: Vivians and Vivians Publishers, 1988, 187-98.
C: JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)
50. “The Playwright as Historical Witness: The Example of Sam Ukala’s Iredi War” Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies 13:1 June 2019, 1-5. 51. “Religion and the Educational System in Nigeria: A Cognitive Perspective” In Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies No. 12 (2019). 52. With Jeff Unaegbu.” Cladding a Galaxy of Reflections: A Critical Appraisal of B.O.N. Eluwa’s Ado-Na-Idu History of Igbo Origin” Ikenga: International Journal of Institute of African Studies 19:1 Jan. 2019, 1-13.
53. “Impressionism as Creative Secret: Subjectivism in Tewfik Al-Hakim’s The Tree Climber. Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies 11 (2018), 1-9. 9
54. “Heroism as Neurosis: Pejorism in Ama Ata Aidoo’s The Dilemma of a Ghost.” Ikenga: International Journal of African Studies 18:1 (2018), 1 – 7. 55. “African Humanities and the Exigencies of Commitment”. Ikoro: Journal of Contemporary African Studies 10: 1&2 (2018), 5 – 13.
55. “Creative Drama in the Intellectual Development of the Gifted and Talented Child” Ikenga: International Journal of Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, 17”:1,
(2017), 33-56.
57. “Ibsen’s Marriage of Art and Life: A Lucid Examination”, Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics 36 (1-2), 16-24.
58. “Negative Forces and Positive Nonentities: The Image of the Hero in English Restoration Drama”, in Africa and World Literature 2: (2002), 7-18 59. “The Aesthetics of Narrative in Igbo Masquerade Drama” (Revised) in Enyo: Journal of African Theatre 1:2 (2000), 83-97.
60. “The Aesthetics of Narrative in Igbo Masquerade Theatre”, The Negro Educational Review 51:12 (2000), 37-45.
61. “Theoretical Construction and Constructive Theorizing on the Execution of Ikemefuna in Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Study in Critical Dualism”, in Research in African Literatures 31:2 (2000), 163-73.
62. “Desperation and Anger: The Effect of Environment in Black South African and African American Literature”, The Negro Educational Review L, 1:2 (1999), 3-10. 62{b}. “Desperation and Anger: The Effect of Environment in Black South African and African American Literature”. Alternation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages6:2 (1999), 24-34. 63. “The Memoir as Literature: Evolutionary Meliorism in Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom, in The Negro Educational Review XLIV, 3-4 (1998), 129-38. 64. “The Execution of Ikemefuna in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: A Study in Critical Relativism and Documentary Fallacy”, New Literatures Review 35 (1998), 49-58. 65. “Death of a Writer: A Reply to William Boyd.” ALAB 23:1 (Winter 1997), 11-14. 66. “Igbo Masquerade Performance as Theatre” in Journal of Cultural Studies. AAA Series 1:2 (1995), 1-30.
67. “Ritual Drama of Appeasement: A Comparative Study of Soyinka and Noh”, in Synthesis: Journal of Comparative Poetics XVII (1990), 83-90. 68. “Igbo Ukwu Revisited” in Transafrican Journal of History 18 (1989), 187-92. 69. “The Masquerade as Hero in Igbo Traditional Society” in Frankfurter Afrikanistisch Blatter 1 (1989), 95-107.
70. “J.P. Clark’s Song of a Goat: An Example of Nigerian Bourgeois Drama”, in World Literature Written in English 28 (1988), 35-40.
71. “The Playwright as Vigilante: Form and Meaning in Femi Osofisan’s The Chattering and the Song 86.
72. “The Image of the Missionary Priest in Modern African Fiction”, in Nouvelle Revue De Science Missionnaire44:4 (1988), 285-92.
73. “Machiavellian Evil in William Wycherley’s The Country Wife”, in Lagos Review of English Studies X (1988), 109-116.
74. “A Marriage of Propaganda and Art: A Study of Early Afro-American Fiction”. In The Negro Educational Review XXXVIII: 1 (1987), 15-22. 10
75. “Igbo Masquerade Drama and the Origin of Theatre: A Comparative Synthesis”, in Kunapipi: International Arts Journal IX: 1 (1987), 89-97. 76. “Igbo Masquerade Drama and the Problem of Alien Intervention: Transition from Cult to Theatre” in Ufahamu XIV: 1 (1985), 74-92.
77. “Black Theatre in the African Continuum”, The Negro Educational Review XXXVI: 2
(1985), 56-61.
78. “Shakespeare’s The Tempest” in Okike Educational Supplement 4 (1985), 131-36. 79. “A Reader’s Guide to Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame” in Okike Educational Supplement 5 (1985).
80.“Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel: An Appraisal”, in Okike Educational Supplement 5 (1985).
81. “Ibsen’s Marriage of Art and Life: A Lucid Examination” The Muse: Journal of Creative and Critical Writing 17 (1984), 13-19.
82. “A Discourse on Comedy”, in The Muse: Journal of Creative and Critical Writing 16
(1983), 55-60.
D: TECHNICAL REPORTS
1.. Communication Strategies to Encourage Patients to comply with repeated Treatment and Recommendations for Onchocerciasis: A Theatrical Approach.
(Commissioned by the Onchocerciasis Research Team, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, under funding by the World Health Organisation, 1995. 2. With Professor S.T. Bajah, et. al. Federal Universities Development Sector Adjustment Credit Operation Experience: A Formative Evaluation Report. (Study commissioned by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the World Bank, 1994.
E: EDITORSHIP OF BOOKS
1. Wole Soyinka and the Poetics of Commitment. Enugu: CNC Publications, 2018. 2. Chinua Achebe and the Convolutions of Immortality: Re-assessing the Writer in Relation to New Realities. Enugu: CNC Publications, 2018. 3. With Barclays Ayakoroma. Culture of Peace and National Security in Nigeria: Critical Perspectives. Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2018.
4. Sexuality and Culture in Postcolonial Africa. Ed. Emeka Nwabueze. Balti, Moldova: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017.
5. Africa’s Female Playwrights: A Study of Matter and Manner. Enugu: ABIC Publishers, 2016.
6. Mother Comes of Age: 40
th
Anniversary Celebrations of the University of Nigeria. Nsukka: Ephrata Press, 2004.
7. Stewardship in the University of Nigeria, 1997-2004. Nsukka: Ephrata Press, 2004. F: PUBLISHED INAUGURAL LECTURES\KEYNOTES
1.. the Spirit of Thespis: The Theatre Arts and National Integration. Inaugural Lecture of the University of Nigeria held on June 30, 2005. Nsukka: University of Nigeria Press, 2005.
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2. Democratization and the Dialectics of Culture in Contemporary Nigeria. Inaugural Lecture Series of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation. Abuja: NICO Publications, 201131. “Values and Representations in African Cultural Milieu: From the Glories of the Past to the Uncertainties of the Present, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 09, 2021.
3. “Centre-Margin Dialectics: Emergent Issues in Language and Literature” Keynote Speech Delivered during the Conference on Africa and World Literature, Department of English, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, November 05, 2020.
4. “African Humanities and the Convolutions of Commitment”, Keynote paper delivered at the Annual International Conference on Humanities and African Values at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, on June 18, 2015.
5. “The Theatrical Quintessence of Igbo Masquerade Theatre” Lead Paper presented at the Colloquium on the 2005 Anambra State Mmanwu Festival, organised by Ministry of Information and Culture, Awka, October 20, 2005.
6. “Literature and National Integration” Keynote Address delivered at the International Conference on African Literature and Language at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, May 5, 2004.
7. “Negative Forces and Positive Nonentities: The Image of the Hero in English Restoration Drama”, Lead Paper presented during the Annual Conference on Africa and World Literature at the New Arts Theatre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 06, 2002. 8. “The Arts and Democracy Dividends in Nigeria” Keynote Lecture delivered during the Nigerian Universities Theatre Arts Festival, New Arts Theatre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, November 24, 2001.
G: PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONALCONFERENCES
1 “Tradition and Rhetoric in the Poetry of Christopher of Okigbo” Presented during a Symposium to Mark the 50
th
of the Death of Christopher Okigbo at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, on August 10, 2017.
2. “Fostering Culture, Peace, and National Security in the Idyllic Society”, Presented During the National Conference for Traditional Rulers on Culture, Peace and National Security Organised by the National Institute for Cultural Orientation Held at De Dome Events Centre, Enugu, June 01, 2017.
3. “Implications of Contemporary Trends in the Theory and Practice of Theatre.” Presented as Chairman of the LOC of the 20
th
Annual Convention of the Society of
Nigerian Theatre Artists held at the University of Nigeria, July 12, 2006. 5. “Culture, History, and Linkage: Bridging the gap between the Homeland and the Diaspora”, Lead Paper presented at the World Igbo Summit held at Crystal Springs Hotel, Enugu, December 17, 2004.
6. “Search for Excellence: Language, Visual and Performing Arts in the Nurture of Gifted and Talented Children” Lead Paper presented during the Conference on Actions for the Gifted and Talented in the 21
st
Century: The Nigerian Experience, Organised by the Gifted and Talented Children Association of Nigeria, at the Princess Alexandria Auditorium, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, July 02, 2001. 7.” In the Spirit of Socrates: General Studies and Intellectual Development” Presented During the Conference on African Value System and the General Studies Programme as Tools for 12
Virile Nationhood in the 21
st
Century, at the Division of General Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka September 18, 2001.
8. “Traditional African Theatre and the Problem of Critical Evaluation” Seminar delivered at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, December 02, 1999. 9.. “Ritual Theatre in Two African Societies: Examples from Nigeria and Swaziland”, Presented at the 50
th
Anniversary Convention of the South-eastern Theatre Conference, Koury Centre, Greensboro, NC, U.S.A., March 5, 1999. 10. “Woman Being in Traditional African Society: Examples from Orature” Presented at the Annual Convention of the Alumnae of Black Woman’s Alliance, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A., February 27, 1999. 11. “The Missing Link in Modern African Drama and Theatre: Problems and Prospects” Faculty Development Seminar, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A., Winter, 1999.
12. “Desperation and Anger: the Effect of Environment in Black South African and African American Literature”, Presented at the National Conference of the National Association of African American Studies, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Houston, Texas, February 11, 1999.
13. “Recurrent Images in Contemporary African Literature”, Faculty Development Seminar, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A... 199 14. “Commitment and the Literary Artist: The Case of the African Writer” Presented at the Professors’ Forum, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.A., November 3, 1998.
15. “The Creative Imperative in Swazi Folk tales: Consolidations from Modern African Dramatic Literature”, Presented at the Conference on Tinganekwane Tesiswati: SiSwati Folk tales, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni Campus, April 28, 1998. 16. “Traditional Theatre in a Southern African Kingdom: Performance Aesthetics of n Swazi Uhmalanga Dance” Presented at the International Conference on African Literature and Languages, University of Durban, Westville, South Africa, September 25, 1997. 17. “Quest for Epistemology: A Review of Research Methodology in the Humanities” Presented at the Seminar on Modern Research Methodology, The University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni Campus, November 26, 1996.
18. “Igbo Masquerades: An Analysis of their Social and Cultural Functions” Presented to the Academic Associates, Consultants in International Programme Development, Nsukka, October 21, 1994.
19. “Oral Tradition, Alternative Narration, Fantasy and Reality”, presented at the International Writing Program Seminar, University of Iowa, U.S.A., Oct 19, 1994. 20. “No Life but My Own: Between the Author’s Public and Private Selves” Presented at the International Writing Program Seminar, The University of Iowa, U.S.A., September 14, 1994.
21. “Fact Through Fiction: Literature and Popular Culture in Nigeria Today”, West Africa Seminar, University College, London, May 16, 1993. 22. “Humanities: The Art of Being Human”, Faculty Seminar, University of Nigeria, April16, 1992.
23. “Characterisation in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah: A Study in Transactional Analysis” Presented at the 7
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25. “The Masquerade as Transcendent Hero”, Presented at the International Conference on Igbo Life and Culture, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, July 22, 1986.
26. “The Humanities Factor:
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