Background
Modum, Egbuna Paul was born on October 13, 1942 in Nemi, Anambra, Nigeria. Son of Peter Uba and Virginia Ogoma Modum.
Modum, Egbuna Paul was born on October 13, 1942 in Nemi, Anambra, Nigeria. Son of Peter Uba and Virginia Ogoma Modum.
Bachelor with honors, University Ibadan, Nigeria, 1967. Master of Arts, University Grenoble, France, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Grenoble, 1973.
Lecturer, senior lecturer University Nigeria, Nsukka, 1974—1981, reader, 1981—1984, professor, since 1984, dean faculty arts, 1990—1992, 1996—1998. Part-time assistant professor Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1979. Visiting assistant professor State University of New York, Binghamton, 1979.
Visiting professor ESIT, Sorbonne Paris II, 1992—1993, Bayreuth (Germany) University, 1993. Examiner WAEC, Lagos, Nigeria, 1979—1983. Consultant Nigerian Educational Research Council, Lagos, Nigeria, 1980—1983.
President general Nemi Town Union Nigeria, 1996—1999. Member governing council University Ibadan, 1997—2000. Commissioner for information Anambra State Government, Enugu, 1984—1986.
Fellow: Centre de Recherche sur L'Imaginaire, Modern Language Association Nigeria, Franco-Nigerian Education and Socio-Cultural Organization (honorary).
Married Uche Okonkwo. Children: Uche Junior, Ogoma, Chika, Obinna, Ikenna.