{"id":8561,"date":"2017-01-23T12:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8561"},"modified":"2017-05-04T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:55:05","slug":"ogbaa-prof-kalu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogbaa-prof-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"OGBAA, Prof. Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.A., M.A., Ph.D., university teacher; born August 21, 1945, Hometown: Umuchiakuma; married Clara Nwankwo, has children.<br \/>\nEducation: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, 1973; Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 1977; Texas University, Austin, 1981.<br \/>\nCareer: Appointed Assistant Lecturer, 1974-76; Teaching Associate, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 1977; Assistant Instructor, 1978-81; Lecturer, Texas University, 1981; Associate Professor, 1982-85; Associate Professor, Imo State University, Okigwe, 1985-89; Visiting Associate Professor, Oral Roberts University, USA, 1989-90; Clark Atlanta University, 1990-92; Professor, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven since 1992.<br \/>\nHonours: Admitted to Phi Kappa Phi, 1978; Postgraduate Scholarship, Imo State.<br \/>\nPublications: Gods, Oracles and Divination: Folkways In Chinua Achebe&#8217;s Novels, 1992; The Gong and the Flute, 1994. Hobbies: soccer, tennis, spiritual songs and meditation. Official Address: Department of English, Southern Connecticut University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8561","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8561","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\/8561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8561"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}