{"id":7447,"date":"2017-01-10T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=7447"},"modified":"2017-04-13T17:05:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:05:04","slug":"ebong-dr-inih-a","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ebong-dr-inih-a\/","title":{"rendered":"EBONG, Dr. Inih A."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University Teacher, Ag Head of Department of Theatre Arts, Senior Lee turer Play Director, Univ. of Uyo; LGA: Ibiono !born; Born: Oct. 19, 195:; Pa: Chief Jerome A. Ebong (d) U. Eke; Divorced; Children: Ifiok (21), Eno (17), Ekaete (17), Kufre (15), Ikemesit (J 4), Imaobong (12); Education: Ngwa High School, Aba, 1965 – 71 ; W ASC; Etinan lnsitutute, Etinan, HSC, 1971 ; Univ. ofNigeria, Nsukka, 1972 -76, B. A. (Hons) English, Dranla Stress; Michigan State Univ, USA , 1979 – 80, M.A. Theatre; Univ. of Birmingham, U. K., 1981 – 84, Ph. D, West African (Theatre) Studies; Career and Work History: N.Y.S.C Teacher, Oyo State, 1976 -77; Graduate Asst., Univ. of . Calabar, 1977 – 80; Asst. Lecturer, Univ. of Calabar, 1981; LecturerII, Univ. of Calabar, 198187; Research Fellow I , Univ. of CRS, 1987 – 88; Controller of Programmes, AKBC TV, Uyo, 19 88 91; Senior Lecturer, Univ. ofJos, 1991 – 95; Senior Lecturer, Univ. of Uyo, 1995 -1 997; Ag Head, Dept of TIlCatre Arts, Univ of Uyo, 1997 Career Related Activities and Responsibilities: Arts and Culture, South Eastern State, CaJabar, 1974-78; Arts and Cu lture, Federal Government, (FESTAC 1977), Lagos, 1976 – 77; Arts and Culture, AKS, Uyo, 1987 – 90, Arts and Culture, World Decade for Culture, Uyo. 1990 – present; Broadcasting, AKBC TV, Uyo, 1988 present; Special Work Related Achievements: Coordinated and directed the ~. Award Winning entries of Akwa [bom State at NAFEST. 1988 in Lagos with the State winning overall seco nd position with Six gongs'(2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze), Award wi lUling national TV Dramas since 1992; Publications and Creative Works: Eight Joutnal articles, three magazine articles, three chapters in books, two edited works, twenty five published poems, authored, directed, s upervised a nd acted various major and minor roles in a long list of award winning theatre and TV drama productions in Nigeria and in the USA in the past thirty years; These include “‘A Dance of (he Fores(s (1982): Wole Soyinka ‘s “Death and the King ‘s Horseman (1983); Efua Sutherland’s “Edllfa,” popular Soap Operas like “Supple Blues” (1991 – 93), Shadows (1994) amongst others; Civic Activities: Special Marshal, Federal Road Safety Co rps, Uyo, 19901992. Honours and Awards , Third Price Poetry Award, East Central State Arts Council, 197 1; SES Undergraduate Scholarship, 1972: Second Pri ze Poetry Award, ECS Arts Council, 1974; African Arts Poet ry Award, University of Ca li fo rnia, USA, 1974; Cert of Honour, Awolowo Hall; Univ of Nigeria, Nsukka. 1976; Staff Development Grant, Uni v. of Calabar, 1978 ; Senate Research Grant, Univ. of Calabar, 1982; Alma Ibom State Military Govemment’s pri ze for Outstanding Contributions to Akwa [bom State, 1988;. Professional Memberships: Mem ., Asscn of N igeria Authors: Mem, Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists; Mem, Society of Culture Asscn; Mem Intemational Co mmission for Leisure Infonnation Exchange, 198 1 – 91, Mem, World Leisure and Recreation Asscn, 1979 – 91; Mem, American Theatre Asscn, 1979 -89; Mem, The Smithsonian Institute, 1979 – 89; Mem, Calabar Uni v. Theatre. 1977 – 87; Hobbies: Music, Scrabble a nd other Indoor Games. Dr. Ebong is the first Akwa Ibom State indigene with a Ph.D in Theatre Arts; Office: Dept. of Theatre Arts, Univ. of Uyo, Akwa Ib om State, Home: P.O.Box 984, Uyo, Akwa Ibom Stat e. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7447","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7447","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\/7447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19318,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7447\/revisions\/19318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7447"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}