{"id":16548,"date":"2017-03-20T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16548"},"modified":"2017-05-30T13:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:29:31","slug":"shaka-dr-okiremuete-femi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/shaka-dr-okiremuete-femi\/","title":{"rendered":"SHAKA, Dr. Okiremuete, Femi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.A,M.A, Ph.D; lecturer,artist,administrator, b: May 11,1957; p:Arhavwarien; Iga: Ughelli South; so: Delta;ed:University ofBenin, Benin City, 1981-84; Univereity oflbadan, 1988-89; Universityof Warwick, Coventry, England, 1991-94; cr:NYSC,Community Secondary School, Okeoyi-Oja, Kwara, 1984-85; TutorinTheatre arts\/Coordinator, Certificate in Theatre, Dept. of Creative Arts, Univereity of Port Harcourt, !986-88;Asst Ucturer, DeptofTheatre Arts, UnivereityofAbuja, 1990-91; Projects Supervisor,UniversityofPortHarcourt, since 1995;Ucturer Iin Film\/TVandDrama,1995-98;SeniorUcturer, Film\/TV and Drama,since 1999; Dean,StudentsAffairs,University ofPortHarcourt, 2006-08;mm: President, Nigerian Society, Univereity ofWarwick, Coventry, England, 199192;DepartmentalCommittee forthe Revision&#038; IntroductionofNewCourses atboth Undergraduate andPostgraduateUvels, 1997; Masterof Ceremony ConvocationCeremony,UniversityofPortHarcourt, 1998;ch., Lecturer of theYearCommittee, Faculty ofHumanities, University of Port Harcourt, 1998; ch., Harvest Committee, Chapel of the Annunciation, Catholic Chaplaincy, University of PortHarcourt, 2003; ah: Best Overall Student, Dept.of Theatre Arts,University of Benin, 1982\/83;Best Overall Student, Dept. of Creative Arts,University of Benin, 1983\/84; Best Graduating B.A Student, Dept. of Theatre Arts,University of Benin, Benin City,1984; Best Graduating M.A StudenL Dept. ofTheatre Arts, Univereityoflbadan, 1988\/ 89; Commonwealth Scholarship, Joint School of Film and Literature, University ofWarwick, England, 1991 -94;Visiting Senior African Fulbright Scholar, Africana Studies Program,New York University, NewYork 10003, USA; publ: Monday Morn&#8217; Song&#8221;, &#8220;Joy&#8221;, &#8220;Throbs from theSinging Dawn&#8221;, in Voices, From The Fringe: AnANAAnthologyof New Nigerian Poetry, (ed.) Harry Garuba, Ugos: Malthouse Press Ltd., 1988; History, Genres and Nigeria&#8217;s Emergent Video Film Industry, Black Renaissance\/Renaissance Noire Vol.5(2), USA, 51-64, 2003; Modernity andthe African Cinema, Uwrence Ville, NJ,Africa World Press,.USA, 2004; Barclays Ayakoroma&#8217;s Dance onhis Grave. A Book Review, Abalabala: Journal ofthe Bayelsa Council for Artsand Culture, No.2, Nigeria, 167-171, 2004; Ethics and Professionalism inthe Mass Media: An Essay in Media Ethics, Journal of Creative Arts, Vol.5, No.2, Nigeria, I-14,2005; TheColonial Legacy: History and itsImpactonthe Developmentof Modern Culture inNigeria, Third Text, Vol. 19, Issue 3,UK(May)297-305,2005; playsdirected: No More Oil Boom: A PlaybyTunde Fatude, (co-directed), Premiere Production, April9\/ 10,1984;The Bear. &#8216;A PlaybyAnton Chekhov, Universityof Abuja, May24\/ March 25,1991; Childe Internationale: A PlaybyWole Soyinka, Univereity of Abuja,May24\/March 25,1991;conferences:AnnualConferenceofthe African Studies Association: Africa and theAfrican Diaspora: Past, Present, Future, Houston, Texas, November 15\/18,2001; etc.; Modernity and the AfricanCinema: ACritical StudyofSelected FilmsofOusmaneSembeneand SoulaymaneCisse;atdie 28thAnnual Conference oftheAfrican Literature Association, (ALA), Tagged: African Diasporas: Ancestors, Migrations and Boundaries, Univereity of California, San Diego, April 3\/7,2002; Birthmarks: Urhobo Verbal Artsand Ojaide&#8217;s Poetry,The Ojaide International Conference, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta, July7\/10,2005; sc:VicePresident Senior StaffClub, University of Port Harcourt, 1997-99; hob: travel and tourism, photography, movies, stock market watch; off: Department ofTheatre Arts, Univereity of Port Harcourt, P.M.B 5323, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; tel: 234-8054563387; e-m: femishaka@yahoo.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16548","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16548","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16548"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}