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BA, M.Litt Ph D; university teacher Born January 1,1939; Hometown: Nnewi, State of Origin: Anambra; Married: Samuel Chukwuenye Okonkwo 1966; No of Children: three sons,one daughter; EDUCATION: Central School, Egbu-Owerri; Central School' Nkwerre; Queen's College, Lagos, 1950-54; University of lbadan, Ibadan' 1956-61; Somerville College, University of Oxford, England, 1962-65 CAREER-' Senior. English Mistress, Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan 1961-62- Post Doctoral Research f. University of lbadan, 1965-66; Lecturer II English University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1966-73; Lecturer 1,1973-75; snr. Lecturer in English, 1975-79; Reader in English, 1979-84; prof. English, 1984 Head Department of English, 1981 -86; Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts 1984 ag' Dean of Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1984; mm: University Publications Committee, 1978-81; University Senate, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1981 -86; publ: Adam and Eve: lgbo Marriage in the Nigerian Novel, in lgbo Traditional Life, Culture and Literature, Conch Magazine Company New York, 1971; Technique as Theme in Obinkaram Echewa's 'The Land's Lord' in Modern Essays on African Literature: Studies in the African Novel Ibadan University Press, 1986; From Allegory to Exposition: Developing Techniques in the African Novel, in Literature and Society, 1986; Cyprian Ekwensi Nigeria's Master Popular Novelist, in The Essential Ehvensi. Heinemann 1987; and numerous articles, hob: reading, lawn and table tennis, badminton' music, gardening, farming, swimming, off: Department of English University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, tel: 042-771911, res: 601, Odin Street University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, tel: 042-771172.
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