{"id":10229,"date":"2017-02-10T11:17:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T10:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10229"},"modified":"2020-11-12T14:56:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:56:54","slug":"darah-prof-godini-gabriel","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/darah-prof-godini-gabriel\/","title":{"rendered":"DARAH, Prof. Godini Gabriel"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.A, Ph.D,academic,journalist, politician; b: November 22, 1947; ht: Esaba; Iga: Ugheli South; so: Delta; m: Philomina AyiOpha, 1982; ed: Local Authority(now Emoghwe) Primary School,Esaba, 1956-61; St Vincent&#8217;s College, Okwagbe,1963-67; Federal Government College, Warn&#8217;, 1968-69; University of lbadan, 1970-73,1973- 78;cr: Teaching Asst, Department of English, University of lbadan,Oyo State,1974-77; Asst Lecturer, Department of Literature in English, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, 1978-81; Lecturer II, 1981-83; Lecture I, 1983-86; Snr Lecturer, Department of Literature in English, Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, 1986-91; visiting prof.African Folklore, Department of African-American Studies,Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, since 1992; Editorial Page Editor, The Guardian Newspapers Ltd, 1999-2001;ch. Editorial Board,The Guardian Newspapers Ltd, 1999- 2001; prof. Department of English&#038;Literary Studies, Delta State University, Abraka, since2000;SpecialAdviser on Public Communication to Delta State Government 2003;Chief of Staff, Delta State Government, 2005-07; ch. GPTreasurelake Ltd., Lagos;dir. Radioleremi Ltd, Warri, DeltaState, EnvironmentWatch, Effurun, Delta State;mm. Editorial Board,Nigerian Academy of Arts,Science and Technology, 1976-80; ch:Academic Staff Union of Universities,Obafemi Awolowo University branch,lle-lfe,Osun State, 1984-85; 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&#8217;; 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&#8217; Treasure land, Lumumba Memorial Bookhouse, Lagos, 1997; The Struggle Against Oppression, a review of the premiere of Femi Osofian&#8217;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\u00ab? Dawn, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1982. sc: Urhobo Social Club, Lagos; hob: travelling,writing, singing, dancing, observing nature;off: Department of English &#038; Literary Studies, Delta State University, Abraka; e-m: ggdarah@yahoo.com.<br \/>\nEarlier 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,166],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10229","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10229","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26116,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10229\/revisions\/26116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10229"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}