Background
Obiechina, Emmanuel Nwanonye was born on September 20, 1933 in Nkpor, Anambra, Nigeria. Came to U.s., 1987. Son of Obiechina Enyibuaku Olisakwe and Nwayioye Udenweze Obierika.
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An African Popular Literature: A Study of Onitsha Market Pamphlets
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This 1973 text was the first detailed study of that phenomenon of the African literary scene, Onitsha market literature. Pen names and pamphlet titles adopted by Onitsha authors have often been the subject of amused comment, but it took a long time for Onitsha writing to be recognised for what it is: a genuinely popular literature, unique on Africa, written in English by Africans for an exclusively African audience. What are the origins of this literature? Why did it start in Onitsha? Why do certain themes recur? Where have the writer acquired their unconventional attitudes to love, marriage, sex? What influences have shaped the robust and unorthodox language they use? Dr Obiechina answers these questions and asks what we can learn from the Onitsha authors about social change in Nigeria - how do they attempt to reconcile the traditional rural community and the aggressive individualistic urban society with alien values?
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Culture, Tradition and Society in the West African Novel (African Studies)
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Masksong for Our Times
(Masksong for our Times is a collection of poetry composed...)
Masksong for our Times is a collection of poetry composed mainly in the masquerade idiom, which is characterized by song and chants, satirical comments and divinatory prophecies. As a central figure of the African traditional world, the masquerade speaks with the voice of an ancestral spirit, evoking the authority to say what everyone else avoids saying and the license to articulate hard, uncomfortable truths about society. By drawing upon age-old myths, proverbs, aphorisms, figures of language, and the accumulated lore and wisdom of community, it provides social commentary and moral guidance and directs public opinion and conduct. This collection appropriates both the license and the mask-style to respond to events and situations in post-independence Nigeria (and Africa) during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. It addresses such themes as the civil war, military incursion into politics, social corruption, violence, arrogance of power, and the degradation of the masses. These and similar themes are explored in elegiac and satiric tones and sometimes from the perspective of divinatory prophecy. Dates and general times have also been included with the poems, in an attempt to reflect specific moods and states of mind during their composition.
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Emmanuel Nwanonye Obiechina
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Emmanuel Nwanonye Obiechina, American humanities educator. Commonwealth Academic fellow, Cambridge, 1972-1973, Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1979-1980, National Endowment of the Humanities summer fellow, 1991, 1994-1998; non-resident fellow, DuBois Institute, African American Research, Harvard University, since 2003, Nigeria Academy of Letters, 2004.
Education
Bachelor in English with honors, University College, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in English, Cambridge (England) University, 1967.
Career
Assistant secretary Ministry Foreign Affairs, Lagos, Nigeria, 1961-1962. Lecturer University Nigeria, Nsukka, 1967-1974, professor, 1974, chair department English, 1975-1978, 80-81, dean graduate school, 1981-1985. Director Nigerian Universities office Embassy of Nigeria, Washington, 1987-1990.
Visiting professor English Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, 1990-1992. Visiting professor humanities University Pittsburgh, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1992-1995. Gerry Carruthers chair University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1996.
Williams/National Endowment for Humanities distinguished professor humanities Ferrum (Virginia) College, 1997—1999. Visiting professor England and African-America Studies University Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, since 2000. Ahiajoku annual lecturer Imo State Government of Nigeria, Owerri, 1994, fellow, DuBois Institute for African American Research, Harvard University, 2001-2002, visiting scholar, Harvard University, Department Afro-American Literature and Language, 2002-2003.
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Masksong for Our Times
(Masksong for our Times is a collection of poetry composed...)
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An African Popular Literature: A Study of Onitsha Market Pamphlets
(This 1973 text was the first detailed study of that pheno...)
- Culture, Tradition and Society in the West African Novel (African Studies)
- Culture, tradition and society in the West African novel
- An African Popular Literature: A Study of Onitsha Market Pamphlets by Obiechina, Emmanuel (1973) Paperback
- (An African Popular Literature: A Study of Onitsha Market Pamphlets) Author: Emmanuel N. Obiechina published on (August, 2010)
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Masksong for Our Times
Membership
Secretary National Guidance Committee, Biafra, 1967-1970. Member council Nigerian Institute International Affairs, 1978-1984. Executive member Association Nigerian Authors, 1982-1987.
Member National Anthem Committee, Nigeria, 1977-1978. Member Modern Language Association, African Literature Association, African Studies Association, International Comparative Literature Association, Clare College Association, Nigerian Institute International Affairs (life), International Association of University Professors of English, 2000.
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Married Maria Obiageli Enekebe, April 25, 1964. Children: Nnonye, Nneka, Ikenna, Chioma, Nkemjika, Joy.
Education
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1961
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1967
Career
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1961 - 1962
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1967 - 1974
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1975 - 1978
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1981 - 1985
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1987 - 1990
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1990 - 1992
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1992 - 1995
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1996
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1997 - 1999
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Commonwealth Academic fellow, Cambridge, 1972-1973, Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1979-1980, National Endowment of the Humanities summer fellow, 1991, 1994-1998. Non-resident fellow, DuBois Institute, African American Research, Harvard University, since 2003, Nigeria Academy of Letters, 2004.Commonwealth Academic fellow, Cambridge, 1972-1973, Woodrow Wilson fellow, 1979-1980, National Endowment of the Humanities summer fellow, 1991, 1994-1998. Non-resident fellow, DuBois Institute, African American Research, Harvard University, since 2003, Nigeria Academy of Letters, 2004.