Raymond Osemwegie ELAHO,

University Lecturer

B.A, Ph.D, university teacher, bom March 15, 1946, Benin City, Delta State; married Lilian Paribo Aminiokuma 1977, two sons, twodaughters; Education: Immaculate Con ception College, Benin City, 1960-64, Loyola College, Ibadan, 1965-66, Lovanium Univer sity, Kinshasa, Zaire, 1967-68, University of Ibadan, 1969-71, University of London, UK, 1971-75; Career: Appointed Lecturer, Uni versityof Benin, 1975-79; Senior Lecturer, Uniben, 1979-81; associate Professor, Uniben, 1981-83; appointed Professor of French, University of Benin, Benin City, 1984-date; Chairman, Governing Council, College of Education, Warri, 1991; SoleAd ministrator, College of Education, Ekiadolor, Benin, 1997-98; Provost,College of Educa tion, Ekiadolor, Benin, 1999-date; member, Edo StateScholarship Panel, 1977; member, Edo State College of Education Governing Council, Benin City, 1984-86; member, Na tional Universities Commission panel on Academic Standards, 1987; member, West African Modern Languages Association since 1976;member, InternationalCompara tive Literature Association, 1977; Consult antto Association of Partlyor Wholly French Speaking Universites, 1979-82; President, Association of French Teachers in Africa, 1981-84; Publication: Entretiens Avec Le Nouveau Roman, Naaman Publishing,…