Godini Gabriel DARAH

Part-time Lecturer, Department of English,Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye,OgunState,198687;mm. Post-graduate Board, Obafemi AwolowoUniversity, He-Ife, Editorial Board, Ife studies on African Literature and Arts'; editorial consultant,DailyTimes of NigeriaPIc, 1989- 91;Editorial Board, DailyTimes, 1989-92;Board of National Commission for Museums and Monuments,1991-95;Go/emingBoard,JohnF. Kennedy International School, Effurun, Delta State,l991-98; ch: Editorial Board, DailyTimes of Nigeria, 1992-95; mm. United Nations Media Committee on Development 1994-98; Delta Environment Network, Delta Business Association, International Society for Folk Narrative Research; presd. Nigerian Folkore Society, 1988-95;mm: Association of Nigerian Authors, International Board of Books of Young People,Nigerian Institute for Public Relations; Delta State Think Tank on development, 1999;v-presd. Nigeria- Korea Friendship Association, since 1996; ah: Mid-Western Region Scholarship, 1963-67; Federal Government Bursary for Post-graduate Studies, 1973-77;pp: defunct Socialist Party Workers, Farmers and Youth, SPWFY; publ: Co-author, Proceedings of the International Symposium on African Literature Before and After the 1986 Nobel Prize, Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation, Lagos, 1991; A Legacy in Leadership,GPTreasurelake Ltd., Lagos, 1997;Ideological Orphanage, the Intelligentsia and Literary Development in Colonial Nigeria, Ife Monographs on Literature and Criticism,No. 1, \9S4; Nigeria, The Investors' Treasure land, Lumumba Memorial Bookhouse, Lagos, 1997; The Struggle Against Oppression, a review of the premiere of Femi Osofian's play, Morountodun, Positive Review, a review of culture and society in African, Vol. I, No. 4, 1981; Black Bookfair on the Movie, a report ofthe First International Bookfair on Radical Black and Third World Books, London; 77«? Dawn, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1982. sc: Urhobo Social Club, Lagos; hob: travelling,writing, singing, dancing, observing nature;off: Department of English & Literary Studies, Delta State University, Abraka; e-m: [email protected]. Earlier this year(2020) the incumbent Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa appointed Darah as Executive Assistant on Niger Delta Affairs. Darah is a member of the governing council of Western Delta University at Oghara, which is chaired by his friend Obong victor Attah, former governor of Akwa-Ibom State(1999-2007). He participated in the 2014 National Conference at Abuja; He is the foundation member of the PAN Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and is the Chairman of the Delta State Chapter.