OON, B.A, M.A, Ph.D, D.Litt; lecturer, researcher, administrator; b. June 6, 1951; p. Makurdi; ht: Aliade; Iga: Gwer, so: Benue; m: Beatrice Onyi Otobo, 1978; nc: three s, oned; ed: Mt St. Michael's Secondary School, Aliade ,1964-68; St. Louis College Jos, 1969-1970; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1971-74 , University of Sussex, U.K., 1977-78; University of Stirling, U.K, 1982-84; University of Minnesota, U.S.A., 1990-91; Grand view College, Des Moines, IOWA, USA, 1991 (D.Litt); cr: asst Ucturer, Department of English, University of Ibadan, 1975- 77; Lecturer II, 1979; Ucturer I, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1982; snr. Lecturer, 1985; Co-ordinator, School of Post-Graduate Studies, 1986-88; Reader, 1989; ag. Head, Department of English and prof. Benue State University, 1992; Chief Examiner, English Literature, IJMB, 1986-90; ee: UNIJOS, 1989-90; Bayero University, Kano, 1989-90;e. assessor to universities of Benin, Jos and Maiduguri; ch. Board of Governors, Benue Printing and Publishing Corporation, 1987-88; Head, Dept. of English, ABU Zaria, 1989- 90; ag. Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social sciences, ABU, Zaria, 1989- 90; dep. Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, ABU, Zaria, 1988-89; dep. Dean, Student Affairs ABU, Zaria, February, 1992; ag. Dean of Student Affairs, ABU, Zaria, February-May, 1992; dep. v-c. Benue State University, Makurdi, 1993-94; Hon. comm. Education, Benue State, 1994-97; Dean, Post Graduate School, Benue State University, Makurdi, 1997-2001; v-c. 2002; mm. Board of Governors, Bertue Printing and Publishing Corporation, Makurdi, 1986-87; Rockefeller Foundation Scholar-in-Residence, Bellagio, Italy, 1992; Fulbright Senior African Scholar, University of Minnesota, USA, 1990-91; American Studies f. Summer Institute, University of Minnesota; Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholar; Jury for the Ritz Paris Hemingway Award; Association African Comparative Literature; Nigeria English Studies Association; assoc. mm. Canadan Association of African Studies; awards: National Civil Service Union Excellence Award; Rotary Club District 920 Makurdi Vocational Excellence Award; Community of Tiv Students Merit Award, University ofAgriculture, Makurdi; Excellence Service Award, by NUJ, Benue State chapter, nh: Order ofthe Officer of the Niger, publ: New Poetryfrom Africa (with Obafemi, Johnson & Maduka), Ibadan University Press Pic, 1996; The African Novel and the Modernist Tradition, New York, Peterlang, 1997, 1998; sc: Makurdi Club, 1932; hob: table tennis & writing; off: Benue State University, P.M.B. 102119, Makurdi, Benue State; e-m: [email protected]; pha: Aliade, Gwer LGA, Benue State.
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