{"id":8346,"date":"2017-01-18T16:02:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T15:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8346"},"modified":"2017-04-19T19:04:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:04:06","slug":"ekemezie-macdonald-ogemdi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekemezie-macdonald-ogemdi\/","title":{"rendered":"EKEMEZIE, Macdonald Ogemdi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Isiala-Mbano Village\/Town: Ezihe Mbano Mr Macdonald Ogemdi Ekemezie is a Theatre Artist with a drive lo giving the profession a new approach in Nigeria through creative writing, performance .exhibition, opera, symposium and other vital public enlightenment programmes. He is committed lo Youth Dev elopment and Education and Advocacy for good health for the younger generation. He hails from Ezihe in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area. Schools Attended \u2022 Okohia Central School 1981 \u2022 Community Secondary School Ezihe, Mbano 1986 \u2022 University of Calabar BA.( lions ) 1996 \u2022 University of Calabar. MA (2004) .Job Experience \u2022 Sales Supervisor. Bagur Investments Ltd Lagos 1989 1992 \u2022 Public Relations Consult 1997 date \u2022 Stall&#8221;of Dreamboat Development Theatre Foundation Calabar. 2001 2004 \u2022 Social Work Co-ordinator for Dr Bill Brieger Foundations. \u2022 Founder\/Chief Executive Officer, Afri-Youths Theatre Owerri- an NGO Publications \u2022 Because ofI am a woman (2003) \u2022 Why me&#8217;.&#8217; Published in the Pariah and other Stories (2004) \u2022 Establishment and Management of Children&#8217;s Theatre Troupe 1996 \u2022 Conflict Management in Owerri 2002 \u2022 South-South of Nigeria: A.T.F. DAgenda 2005. Membership of Professional Bodies and Social Organisations \u2022 Member, Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) \u2022 Member. Actors Guild ofNigeria ( former National Assistant Secretary) \u2022 Member. Nigeria Popular Theatre Alliance ( NPTA) \u2022 Member . Anglican Youth Fellowship \u2022 Affiliate Member and Director of Public Relations of PREN-CLUB Community Service Mr Macdee as he is called in social circles is involved in lots of Charity work and community services \u2022 He initiated and carried out Behavioural Change Communication Projects in Okohia Isiala Mbano \u2022 Theatre for Development Projects for forestry Communities in Cross River Stale \u2022 Drama Director. Chapel of Holy Spirit. Imo Slate University, Owerri \u2022 Organiser of HIV\/AIDS Awareness Programmes and Projects for in and out of school young persons in Imo Slate Honours and Awards \u2022 Award for Excellence, Nigeria University Theatre Students Association 1994 \u2022 Corpcrs Welfare Association Award 1998 \u2022 Certificate of Achievement by project Citizen 2001 \u2022 National Youth Service Award . Oyo State 1998 Certificate of Merit from Preen-Club 2003 Mr Ekemezie enjoys working for Charity, social groups, sports and music. He is a chorister for the past 20 years and sings well in the Church. He is happily married with two sons. Hisadvice to Igbo Youths &#8211; &#8220;befocused, get enougheducation for selfactualization. Be responsible and shun theget-rich quick syndrome&#8221;. To the Leaders of Igbosociety. &#8220;Strive toprovide responsible andresponsive leadership. Think Home andIgbo Collective Interestfirst before self&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8346","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8346","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\/8346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8346"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}