{"id":9727,"date":"2017-02-06T14:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T13:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=9727"},"modified":"2017-05-23T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T08:42:56","slug":"ezeigbo-prof-akachi-t","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ezeigbo-prof-akachi-t\/","title":{"rendered":"EZEIGBO-prof-Akachi T."},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State of Origin: Anambra Contact Address: Department of English. University of Lagos,Akoka Lagos ProfessorAkachi T. Ezeigbo is not only at the peak of her career, she is respected as a very gifted Teacher who knows how to imparl knowledge and wisdom. She is not only a Professor of English, but an accomplished lady of substance who has enriched people&#8217;s lives with virtues and beauty of character. Education \u2022 Archdeacon Crow ther Memorial Girls&#8217; School (ACMGS) Elenvva 1961 1965 \u2022 Queens School Enugu ( For HSC) 1966-70 \u2022 University of Lagos graduated 1974 \u2022 MA 1981. Ph D 1986. University of Lagos Job Experience \u2022 Yaba Academy 1971 \u2022 Federal Government Teachers College Makurdi \u2022 Federal Government College Kaduna \u2022 University of Lagos \u2022 University of London- taught MA Students- African Literature \u2022 University of Natal. South Africa taught Creative Writing. Membership of Learned Associations She belongs to over 15 learned and academic as well as social associations for instance \u2022 Literary Society ofNigeria \u2022 Professors of World Peace Academy \u2022 Association ol&#8217;Nigerian Authors \u2022 West African Young Writers Association \u2022 Women Writers ofNigeria \u2022 African Literature Association Publications Shehas published extensively viz academic papers in journals, conference papers, chapters in books, etc \u2022 She has four books and over 100 journal articles of world class, some translated into other languages like Zhosa A South African language Awards and Honours \u2022 Numerous prizes, awards and accolades \u2022 British Council Fellow. University of Cambridge UK First Winner ol&#8217;ANA\/NNDC Flora Nvvapa Prize Contributions to Society and Academic World Developed a course at 400 Level in the Dept of English. University ol&#8221; Lagos- the course Feminism and Contemporary Literature extended to other departments in the Faculty of Arts since 1990 \u2022 Supervision ol*graduate and undergraduate students up to MA and PhDlevels \u2022 Sub-Dean ol&#8221;the Faculty of&#8221;Arts \u2022 Chair Person. Facultyof ArtsAdvisory Committee on Academic Disciple \u2022 I [all Administrator and Mistress \u2022 Head of Dept ol&#8221; English \u2022 Member of Library Committee Professor Mrs Akachi T. Ezeigbo is not only a Literary Icon: she is also anaccomplished model ofAfrican Womanhood representing dignity, power, integrity, quintessence and motherhood. She is the Power behind the Success of Men but does not parade it arrogantly. She is happily married to Professor Ezeigbo of Faculty of Engineering and they areblessed with three children- Uchechukwu, Nnaemeka and Chidinma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9727","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9727","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\/9727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9727"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}