{"id":10012,"date":"2017-02-08T12:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10012"},"modified":"2017-06-08T15:21:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T14:21:33","slug":"okafor-dr-mrs-chinyere-grace","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okafor-dr-mrs-chinyere-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"OKAFOR, Dr. (Mrs.) Chinyere Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A, PGD, M.A, Ph.I, lecturer, administrator,<br \/>\nEDUCATION: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1975; 1989; University College, Cardiff, UK, 1977; University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1979; . Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1992; CAREER: Graduate Asst., Lecturer II, \u2022\u201e University of Port Harcourt, 1976-80; Lecturer II, Senior Lecturer, Associate Prof., University of Benin, 1980-91; 1994-96; Research Fellow, Cornell University, USA, 1991-92; Visiting Lecturer and Coordinator of Literature, &#8216;Unweratyo\/Swaziland, Southern^Africa, 19%99; Researcher\/Writer, Women&#8217;s Writing\/ Fiction and Non-fiction, 1999-01; Adjunct Prof., Montgomery \/ College, Rookville, MD, USA, 2001; Assoc. Prof., University of Southern . Maine, Portland ME, USA, 2001-02; Assoc. Prof, Wichita State University,\/ Wichita, KS, USA, 2003-09; Prof., Wichita State University, Wichita, KSi USA Scholars (AAWSX since 1998; Chair of Board, Women in Need Inc. (WD0, since 2008; Board mem, Global Learning Centre, Wichita, Kansas, 2003-06; Member: Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS); National Association of Women Writers; African Centre: It Grows in Winter and Other Poems, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2008; The New, Toyi Toyi(Play), Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2007; He Wants to Many Mc Again and Other Stories, Ibadan: Kraftgriots, 19%; The Lion and the Iroko, Ibadan: Kraftgriots, 19%; From Earth&#8217;s Bed Chamber, A Collection of Poems, Ibadan: Kraftgriots, 19%;Campus Palavar and Other Plays, Ibadan: Kraftgriots, 19%;&#8221;Female Power. Corner Stone or Central Subject in lgbo Mask Performance&#8221;, Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies: Essays in Honor of Adiele Ebenechukwu Afigbo. Trenton: Africa World Press, 2009; &#8220;Global Encounters: Barbie in Nigeria Agbogho-mmuo Mask Context&#8221;, Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2007;&#8221;Location and Separateness in African and African-American Drama&#8230;&#8221; Postcolonial Perspective on Women Writers from Africa, The Caribbean and the US, Trenton: Africa World Press, 2003; Eight Poems Published in the &#8220;Arts and Columns&#8221;, Section of the Maine Progressive: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 2001;etc;ah: International Scholarship of Merit, University of Glasgow, UK, 1975; l&#8221; Prize, Songs Competition (Solo), University of Benin, 1988; 1989; Rockefeller Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1991; Rockefeller Fellowship, Hunter College, State University of New York, 1991; 3rd Prize, Short Story Competition, Women&#8217;s Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC),University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1992; 4*Place, Association of Nigerian Authors*(ANA) National Competition for Playwriting, 1994; Outstanding Finalist The Bertram&#8217;s V.O.Literature of Africa Awards, South Africa, 1996; International Visitor, 40th Annual Meeting of the Africa Studies Association (ASA), Columbus, Ohio, 1997; Rockefeller Writer in Residence, Bellagio Centre, Italy, 1998; Global Learning Most Outstanding Dept Award,2004; University Research\/Creative Projects Award (URPC), 2008; Phenomenal Women Award (WSU),2009; off:Wichita State University, Centre for Women&#8217;s Studies&#038; Religion, 511 Lindquist Hall, Wichita, KS; tel: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10012","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10012"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}