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Dr. Osayimwense Osa Department of Languages and Literature American University of Ras al Khaimah, UAE Tel: 971 7 2210900 Ext. 1164; Email: [email protected] [email protected] mobile: 0528360532 EDUCATION: Ed.D. English Education University of Houston, 1981. Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Fourteen Nigerian Young Adult Novels M.A. English, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1978. Thesis: The Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’O B.A. Honors English, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, 1973 Thesis: A Study of A Present Day West African Writer - Chinua Achebe and His Art Graduate Certificate in Education (Theory and Practice of Education), 1973 CURRENT POSITION: Professor and Chair, Department of Languages and Literature, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. (August 2014 - present) VISITING PROFESSORSHIP, TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE: Professor of English Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, USA (On Leave of Absence) Fellow, Summer 2013, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville Professor of English Education, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 2001 – 2006 Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Pennsylvania State University, 1999- 2001 Adjunct Professor of English, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania 1999 - 2001 Professor & Chairperson, Dept of English & Foreign Langs. Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1995-99. Associate Professor of English, Clark Atlanta University, 1990-95. Visiting Scholar, International Youth Library Munich, (Internationale Jugendbibliothek), Munchen, Federal Republic of Germany (An Associated Project of UNESCO), September - December 1989. A 3 months program for non-German specialists in children’s and youth literature to work and do research in the library Visiting Professor, Universitat Bayreuth, West Germany, November - December 1989 Participant in Bayreuth’s Identitat In Africa-taking part in seminars and lectures; gave a talk, “African Children’s and Youth Literature in the 1980s.” 1

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Dr. Osayimwense OsaDepartment of Languages and Literature

American University of Ras al Khaimah, UAE

Tel: 971 7 2210900 Ext. 1164; Email: [email protected] [email protected]

mobile: 0528360532

EDUCATION: Ed.D. English Education University of Houston, 1981.

Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Fourteen Nigerian Young Adult Novels M.A. English, University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1978.

Thesis: The Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’O B.A. Honors English, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, 1973

Thesis: A Study of A Present Day West African Writer - Chinua Achebe and His Art Graduate Certificate in Education (Theory and Practice of Education), 1973

CURRENT POSITION: Professor and Chair, Department of Languages and Literature, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. (August 2014 - present) VISITING PROFESSORSHIP, TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE

EXPERIENCE: Professor of English Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, USA (On Leave of Absence)

Fellow, Summer 2013, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville

Professor of English Education, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia 2001 – 2006Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Pennsylvania State University, 1999- 2001Adjunct Professor of English, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania 1999 - 2001Professor & Chairperson, Dept of English & Foreign Langs. Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1995-99.Associate Professor of English, Clark Atlanta University, 1990-95.

Visiting Scholar, International Youth Library Munich, (Internationale Jugendbibliothek),

Munchen, Federal Republic of Germany (An Associated Project of UNESCO), September - December 1989. A 3 months program for non-German specialists in

children’s and youth literature to work and do research in the library Visiting Professor, Universitat Bayreuth, West Germany, November - December 1989

Participant in Bayreuth’s Identitat In Africa-taking part in seminars and lectures; gave a talk, “African Children’s and Youth Literature in the 1980s.”

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Visiting professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, U.S.A., Spring 1990.

Guest Professor,University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Spring 1990. Guest Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Spring 1990 Visiting Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, U.S.A., Summer 1990. Course taught English 390-C: African Children’s Literature Morehouse-Spelman Early College Program, Summer 1990 Course taught: English Composition.

Fellow, International Institute for Children’s Literature Osaka, Japan 1994 (A program for internationally recognized experts in children’s literature who can contribute to international exchange in the field of children’s literature) supported by The Board of Education, Osaka Prefecture; Major companies in the Kansai area, Japan, July – October 1994. Fulbright scholar-Fulbright Study Abroad – Senegal and Gambia. Summer 2009 Fellow, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Summer 2013

Senior Lecturer & Head, Department of Languages and Literature,Bendel State University Ekpoma, Nigeria, 1984-89. ( I left on sabbatical leave in September 1989)

Senior Lecturer & Head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction , College of Education, Bendel State University, 1983-84.

Lecturer 1, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, 1982-83. Part Time Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, (Advanced Teachers College, Kano)

Lecturer (non tenure track), The University of Houston, U.S.A., 1978-82. (English Department, and African & Afro-American Studies Program) :

Courses taught: African Literature in EnglishAnthology of African Culture,Introduction to African Religions and Philosophy,Seminar courses in African StudiesIntroduction to Afro-American StudiesAfro-American HumanismMinority Struggle for Equality in AmericaThe Black Church in America Acting Director, African & Afro-American Studies University of Houston, U.S.A., 1981.

Overseeing the program in the absence of the Director, Dr. John Indakwa, who was on leave.

HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:Fika Community Secondary School, Potiskum, Nigeria, 1973-74. Western Boys’ High School, Benin City, Nigeria, 1974-76. (taught English Language and Literature in English)

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HONORS (Citations, Awards, etc.)• University of New Brunswick Canada Research Grant (Summer 1977)• Federal Nigeria Post Graduate Scholarship 1976-1978, 1979-1981• Citation: Who’s Who in the South and Southwest• Award of Merit (American Biographical Institute, 1983)• Included in CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS Volume 152 (1996) pp. 338-339. (Gale Research Inc., Detroit, Michigan 48226) • Selected for inclusion in TWO THOUSAND NOTABLE AMERICANS 2nd Edition- An illustrated reference work on 2000 select individuals who by reason of personal achievement, civil and social duties are truly “notable members of Society by

(American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.)• Selected for inclusion in INTERNATIONAL WHO’S WHO IN EDUCATION, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England (1985)• Selected for inclusion in the First Edition of THE INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

OF DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP (1986) American Biographical Institute

• Selected for inclusion in Who’s Who in Nigeria, 1990• British Council Sponsored Scholar (1986) - University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K.

(Practical Exploration in English Language Teaching Methodology)

I. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS:A. Books:

1. African Children’s and Youth Literature. New York: Twayne, 1995 (TWAYNE’S WORLD AUTHORS SERIES 853)

2. Nigerian Youth Literature. Benin City: Paramount Publishers, 1987

3. Foundation-Essays in Children’s Literature and Youth Literature. Benin City: Paramount Publishers, 1987.

4. Youth Literature International - A Selection of Readings. Benin City: Paramount Publishers, 1988.

5. African Children’s and Youth Literature Verdure - Essays (in progress).

6. The All White World of Children’s Books and African American Children’s Literature Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 1995. (Edited)

7. African children’s and Youth Literature at the Dawn of the 21st Century, JACYL Vol. 15-16 (2004-2006) Edited

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8. The Bride Price – An African Feminist Young Adult Novel Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014.

B. Contributed Chapter(s) in Book(s) :

1. Chapter 7- “ Using Indigenous Literatures in SubSaharan African Schools” in Schooling in SubSahran Africa. edited by C.S. Sunal (New York: Garland Publishers, 1998). pp. 189-222.

2. Chapter 4- “To Build a Nation Where Peace and Justice Reign: Postcolonial Nigerian Young Adult Literature” in Critical Perspectives in Postcolonial African Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Ed. Meena Khorana ( Westport CT.: Greenwood Press, 1998), pp.45-56.

3. Essays on Buchi Emecheta, Anezi Okoro, and Mabel Segun St.James Guide to Children’s Writers 5th Edition . Detroit, MI: St James Press, 1999. Ed . Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast (new edition of Twentieth Century Children’s Writers 3rd edition London and Chicago: St. James Press, 1989)

4. 33. “Touchstones in Nigerian Youth Literature” in Two Decades of The ALAN Review. Ed. Patricia P. Kelly and Robert C. Small Jr. (Urbana: NCTE, 1999)

5. Women in Literature: Evaluating Fiction for Gender Bias Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. contributed chapter on The Bride Price.

6. “Children’s Literature in Africa” in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN LITERATURE London: Routledge, 2003

7. Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. (2006) Contributed essays on African writers and illustrators—Bruce Onobrakpeya, Koin Nyengi, and Yemi Sikuade.

C. Articles in learned Journals:

1. “Moral Patriots: Akpan in Rosemary Uwemedimo’s Akpan and the Smugglers and Benn in Robb White’s Deathwatch.” Arizona English Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 1, (1980) pp. 44-47.

2. “Adolescent Girls’ Need for Love in Two Cultures - Nigeria and the United States.” English Journal, Vol. 72 No. 8 (1983a).

3. “International Growth of the Junior Novel.” Arizona English Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 1 1983c pp. 135-143.

4. “Adolescent Literature in Contemporay Nigeria.” acc. 1981) World Literature Written in

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English, Vol. 23 (1984) pp. 298-303.

5. “Contemporary Nigerian Children’s Literature.” The Reading Teacher, Vol. 37 No. 7, (1984).

6. “The Rise of African Children’s Literature.” The Reading Teacher, Vol. 38 (1985).

7. “How Can African Children become Regular Readers? ” Reading Today Vol. 2 (1985).

8. “Nigerian and American Children’s Reading Today - A Comparative Sociocultural Context.” Arizona English Bulletin (1985) Vol. 27 No. 2.

9. “Truly International Literature means Shared Human Values.” Journal of Reading (International Reading Association).

10. “Didacticism in Nigerian Young Adult Literature.” Journal of Reading Vol. 29 No. 3 (1985) pp. 251-253.

11. “English in Nigeria 1914-1985. " English Journal Vol. 75 (1986).

12. “The New Nigerian Youth Literature. ” Journal of Reading Vol. 30, No. 2 (1986).

13. “The Socio-Cultural Context of African Children’s Reading Today.” Reading Improvement Vol. 23 No. 3 (1986) pp. 94-96.

14. “Citizenship Education: Viewpoints and Perceptions of Nigerian Teachers.” Theory and Research in Social Education, Vol. XV, No. 2 (1987) pp. 115-133 (in collaboration with Dr. C.S. Sunal, West Virginia University, USA, B.B. Gaba, Bayero University, Nigeria)

15. “The Growth of African Children’s Literature. ” The Reading Teacher Vol. 41 No. 3 (1987) 16. “American Literature in Nigeria.” Arizona English Bulletin Vol. 28, No. 2 (1987)

17. “The Ouitclaim of Okonkwo and Lord Jim.” Creative Forum Vol 1 No 3 (October 1988) pp. 9-18; also in print in EJOLLS-Ekpoma Journal of Languages and Literary Studies Vol. 1 1988.

18. “Touchstones In Nigerian Youth Literature. ” The Alan Review Vol. 15 No. 3 (1988)

19. “Buchi Emecheta’s The Bride Price - A Non-Didactic Nigerian Youth Novel.” Children’s Literature in Education Vol 19 No. 3 (1988) pp. 170-175; also in Literary Half Yearly Vol. XXXI, January 1990.

20. “Cyprian Ekwensi’s Revision of Juju Rock” (in press) Journal of Education.

21. “Status of Primary Education in Nigeria Following the Initiation Period of Universal Primary Education. ” Journal of Research in Childhood Education Vol. 4 No. 1 (1989) pp. 30-39 (In collaboration with Professor C.S. Sunal, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, U.S.A. and A. Salleemi, Bayero Universtiy, Kano, Nigeria).

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22. “Designing a Course in Teaching English as a Second Language: The Case of the Bendel State University Ekpoma, Nigeria. ” Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics Vol. 13, No. 1 (1987)

23. “African Children’s Literature from the 1976 Legon Seminar to the 1987 Zimbabwe International Book Fair. ” International Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1989) pp. 34-41 (Loughborough University, England).

24. “Christian Religion in Nigerian Youth Literature. ” Multicultural Children’s Literature Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 30-36.

25. “The maturation of African Children’s Literature.” Journal of Reading Improvement (in press)

26.. “Buchi Emecheta’s Feminism” Literary Half Yearly Vol XXXI No. 1 (1990)

27. “Ekwensi’s Children’s Writing” Bookbird International Periodical on Literature for Children and Young Adults Vol. 29 No. 1 (1991) pp. 12-14.

28. “Universal Primary Education in Nigeria - 2nd decade” Comparative Education Review with Dr. C.S. Sunal University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

29.. “Children’s Literature - A starting Point” Write Margin (Atlanta Writing Resource Center) Vol. V No. 2 (Spring 1991).

30.. “How Adolescents react to Change - Selected Examples from Literature”, Arizona English Bulletin.

31. With Cynthia Sunal and Dennis Sunal “Nigerian Primary School Teachers’ Perception of Schooling during the Second Decade of Universal Primary Education.” African Studies Review Vol 37, No. 3 (1994) pp. 51-75.

32. Teaching the Hard Lessons - Jide Oguntoye’s, “Too Cold for Comfort.”- Bookbird World of Children’s Books. Vol 33, No. 3-4 (1995-96) pp. 35-39.

33 “An African Night’s Entertainment and Momotaro” International Institute for Children’s Literature Osaka, Japan Researchers Report 1992-1994, pp. 127-151.

34. “The Representation of Cultural Mechanisms, Manipulations, and Processes in Children’s Literature:Summer of my German Soldier and The Bride Price” Compar(a)ison-An International Journal of Comparative Literature Special Issue 2(1995) pp 81-99 (Current Trends in Comparative Children’s Literature Research - Contributions to International Handbook of Children’s Classics) Guest Editor: Dr. Bettina Kumerling-Meibauer University of Tubingen, Germany.

35. “ Traditional African Instructional Paradigm in African and African-American Children’s

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Literature” Western Journal of Black Studies Vol. 21. No. 4 (1997), pp.280-289.

36. “Africanism in African American Children’s Literature: Mildred Taylor’s The Friendship and Song of the Trees and Eleanora Tate’s The Secret of Gumbo Grove.” OBSIDIAN

37. ERIC Educational Resources Information Center - ED 477337 (US Department of Education) – Racism in African Children’s Literature: A Critique of Eric Campbell’s The Year of the Leopard Song. (2002)This essay was first presented at the International Conference on African Literature-Versions and Subversions, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany 2002.

38. David B. Conrad and Osayimwense Osa , “Mistake on the Mountain” Manataka Indian Council (2007) http://www.manataka.org/page1861.html

39. “What Works in One Culture May Not Work in Another” in Faculty Focus—special issue on Teaching Mistakes from the College Classroom (March 2010).

40. “ A picture of Islam in Nigerian Children’s Literature” Sankofa A journal of African Children’s and Young Adult Literature Inaugural Issue 2002 pp. 29 – 34.

41. “Pulke, Maple Syrup, and Palm Wine: International and Multicultural Literatures for Cross-Cutural Learning and Understanding.” International Journal of Humanities Education vol. 11 Issue 2 (2014) pp. 43 – 59.

42. “Harmonizing a Thriving World Palm Oil Industry and Economy through Genuine Collaboration between Producers—Malaysia, Indonesia, and West Africa, and Consumers—India and China.” Global Journal of Business Social Science Review ! (2015), 25 – 32.

D. Reports

1. “ Children’s Literature Workshop at the University of Lagos . June 1-3, 1987” BOOKBIRD- International Periodical of Literature of Children and Young Adults.2. “The 8th University of Calabar conference on African Literature and the English Language 1988” conference report BOOKBIRD.

E. Seminar Papers

1. “Using Indigenous Literatures in Subsaharan African Schools” presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference, 1993. Atlanta, Georgia.

2. “Perceptions of Nigerian Teachers regarding Citizenship Education.” presented at the annual meeting of the college and faculty assembly of the National Council for Social Studies November 22, 1985 Chicago, Illinois (jointly with Dr. C.S. Sunal, West Virginia University U.S.A. and Mrs. B.B. Gaba, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria).

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3. “Evolving an Indigenous Tongue as a permanent Lingua Franca for Nigeria - Problems and Solutions” presented at the workshop on the future political system for Nigeria held at the Bendel State University Ekpoma, Nigeria May 26-29, 1986.

4. “African Children’s and Youth Literature in the Eighties” presented at the Iwalewa Haus, Universitat Bayreuth, Federal Republic of Germany December 13, 1989.

55 . “Nigerian Students Conception of Economic Inequality” (with C.S.Sunal) presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco 1989.

6. “African Youth Literature in the Classroom” Colloquium - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa March 1990.

7. “Nigerian Education: Past, Present, and Possible Future Direction.” Colloquium/seminar Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida U.S.A. April 1990.

8. “African Literature and Education.” Colloquium, Auburn University, Summer 1990.

9. “Whither African Children’s Literature?” Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia. July 1995.

10. “Networking with Community Action Groups for Lifelong Learning in the Delta” Dec.1997. in the Lecture Series, “Access to Higher Education” of the Mississippi Humanities Council/ and the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (Conversations) ,Greenwood, MS.

11. “Submissive African Women and a Thunderous Paterfamilias: Things fall apart and Weep not, Child in European and American Collegea and Universities” Oxford Round Table, Oxford England, July 2007.

12. Keynote Speaker—Speech, “The Expanding Universe of African Children’s Literature: The Why , the what, and the how of Publishing for Children in Africa.” Third Conference of South African Children’s Literature, North West University, Potchesfroom, South Africa.

F. Solicited Reviews:

1. Children’s Fiction About Africa in English by Nancy Schmidt, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 14. 1983.

2. Iso Le Nkhono - African Folktales for Children by L. B. Leshoai, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 18, No. 1 (1987).3. Charlies’s House by Reviva Schembrucker. Claremont: Songololo Books, 1989, for African Publishing Record, Oxford, England.

4. Grandma’s Hat by Rosemary Kahn. Claremont: Songololo Books, 1989, for African Book Publishing Record.

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5. Education for Affirmation by Wilgespruit Fellowship Center. Brammfontein: Skotaville Publishers, 1988 for African Book Publishing Record.

6. Christian Schooling for Freedom by Fowler for African Book Publishing Record.

7. Africa in Literature for Children and Young Adults by Khorana Meena (Westport:

Greenwood 1994) for Research in African Literatures.

8. African Images in Juvenile Literature by Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann (Jefferson, NC and London. McFarland 1996) for Research in African Literatures Vol. 29. No. 4 (Winter 1998), pp.216-220.

9. Preserving the Landscape of the Imagination: Children’s Literature in Africa. Ed. Raoul Granqvist and Jurgen Martini. Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rudopi, 1997 RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES Vol. 32 No 1 (Spring 2001): 166-171.

10. Neo-imperialism in Children’s Literature about Africa in Research in African Literatures Volume 41, Number 3, Fall 2010.

II. CONFERENCES ATTENDED AND PAPERS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES: (A selection) 1. Japan Board on Books for Young People (JBBY) Tokyo Japan - International seminar on Children’s Books “African Children’s Literature and Multiculturalism”, September 30, 1994.

2. International Institute for Children’s Literature. Osaka, Japan. “African Children’s and Youth Literature - A Concise Picture.” October 2, 1994.

3. 21st Annual Conference of African Linguistics with a Parasession on Language and Literature in Africa, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, April 11-14. Chairperson of the panel: Language in African Literature.

4.. The Fourth Annual Capital City Development Education Symposium: Continued Improvement: Where Do We Go From Here. March 31 - April 3, 1990, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. (Alternate, English Language and Literature in Nigerian Classroom).

5. 15th Annual Children’s Literature Conference, East Carolina University, Greenville (April 1991). Interviewed Eleanora Tate author of Secret of Gumbo Grove, Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Just an Overnight Guest.

6. Universtiy of Georgia 23rd Annual Conference on Children’s Literature, May 1991. Paper presented: An Overview of African Literature for Children and Youth.

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7. Clark Atlanta University 22nd Annual Writers Conference, 1991. Participant in panel on Nurturing a Healthy Spirit: The Role of Children’s Literature.

8. ADE Summer Seminar West 1997 Participant , Gleneden Beach, Oregon.

9.. Kennesaw State College. “African children’s literature origin, development and maturation.”

10. American Assoc. of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) 50th Conf. New Orleans, 1998.

11. “Re-forming English Studies: New Designs for the Major”--A Planning Conference at Howard University, Washington, D.C. September 19, 1998.

12.. Fifth HBCU Faculty Development Symposium, October 15-18, 1998, Miami, FL--Paper presented, ”Incorporating Media Literacy into the Literature Class--Diversity and other Humanistic Values in the text and film/movie versions of Summer of My German Soldier.”

13. 88th NCTE Annual Conference, November 19-24, 1998 Nashville,TN—Chair ,and paper presented, “African and Multicultural Literatures in the Classroom.”Proposer and Chair of the session, “EXPANDING OUR MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES THROUGH LITERATURE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.”

14.. “ Elements of Africanism in African American Children’s Literature: Mildred Taylor’s Song of the Trees and Friendship, and Eleanora Tate’s The Secret of Gumbo Grove”--Paper presented at the Mississippi Philological Association annual conference , January 29-30, 1999, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS.

15.. “Issues and Resolutions in Literary Education” --Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association 1999 Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Spring 1999.

16.. NCTE 1999 Convention, Denver,CO. –Paper presented, “Reimagining a Peaceful Millenium through Teaching 20th Century Youth Literature about War, Crisis, and Violence.”

17. African Studies Association Nov. 11-4, 99 Convention, Philadelphia, PA. Paper presented, “Listening to African Children’s Literatures and other World Cultures’ Literatures for International Understanding and Peace.”

18. NCTE Annual Convention 2000, Milwakee,WI. Chair and Presenter, “Teaching the Passing of Tradition in African Culture, African-American Culture, and Indian Culture.”NCTE, Baltimore 2001.

19. The University of Georgia 32nd Annual Children’s Literature conference. Title of my paper : The theme of escape in Bette Greene’s SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER and Richard Rashke’s ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR -print and non-print media (Holocaust Education) April 20-21, 2001

20. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania—Africa in the 21st Century, Paper: African Children’s Literature—Then and Now March 30-31, 2001

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21. Pennsylvania State University Annual Children’s Literature Matters, Paper: Teaching Chinua Achebe’s HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS CLAWS and THINGS FALL APART in American high school classrooms April 6-7, 2001

22 .International Reading Association 46th Annual Convention, New Orleans, April 29-May 4, 2001. Institute: Building a Professional Development School for Secondary School Literacy. (in charge of Multicultural Literature).

23.Georgia Council of Teachers of English 2002 Annual Conference, Rome, GA. Paper presented: “Silent Women and a Thunderous Paterfamilias: An African Classic in Amercan high School Classroom.”

24. 2001 NCTE Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland: Panel chair, “Promoting the Spirit of Belonging: Diverse Literature in Multicultural Classrooms” Beside chairing this panel, I presented my paper,”THE BRIDE PRICE and LORD OF THE FLIES in Multicultural High School Classrooms”

25. “Racism in African Children’s Literature: A Critical Look at Eric Campbell’s The Year of the Leopard Song”, presented in Berlin, Germany -- Humboldt University, Berlin Germany’s VERSIONS AND SUBVERSIONS: International Conference on African Literatures (May 1-4, 2002).

26. NCTE Annual Convention, 2002, Atlanta, GA. “College Transitions—A Collaboration between Atlanta Urban High Schools and Clark Atlanta

University” Beside chairing this panel, I presented my paper, “Literature Circles in College Transitions Program.”

Site Assistant, NCTE Convention. 2002, Atlanta, GA.

27. NCTE 2003 San Francisco, “Using Oral Traditions to enhance Literacy among P-12 students – A network between Teachers, Parents, and Community.” I chaired the panel, and presented my paper, “Multicultural Folktales and Novels in oral Mould in P-12 classrooms.”

28. “ Using multicultural literatures to produce living moving question marks in the classroom .” Virginia Association of Teachers of English Annual Conference October 2006.

29. John Tyler Community College African Film Festival, February 2007, Chester, VA. (I introduced and led a discussion on the film/movie KEITA-Heritage of the Griot.

30. “Thunderous Paterfamilias and Submissive African women—Things fall apart and Weep Not, Child in European and American College Classrooms.” Presented at the Oxford Education Round Table July 22 -27, 2007 Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England.

31. Keynote Speaker, African Children’s Literature--The what, the how, and the why of Publishing in Africa” International Conference on South African Children’s Literature 2007

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NorthWest University, Potchesfroom, South Africa

32 “Nurturing and honoring the listener, the reader, and the performer –Timeless multicultural tales in the classroom” to be presented at the Virginia Association of Teachers of English Conference, Williamsburg, VA. October 30 –November 1, 2009.

33. “Novels about War in the Classroom…..” National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention November 2009, Philadelphia, PA.

34. Cyprian Ekwensi’s Legacy for the “Universal Republic of Childhood." 2011 - Presented at the University of Southern Mississippi school of library and information science 44th Annual Children's Literature Book Festival April 6 - 8, 2011

35. "Internationalism, Peace, and Children's Literature" Presented at the VIRGINIA HUMANITIES CONFERENCE on Childhood in the Humanities, March 22 - 24, 2012, Roanoke, VA

36. “ Reducing Multicultural intelligibility in the College Classroom.” Presented at CIDER – for instructional Development and Research Virginia Tech, February 2013.

37 - Elite Colonial Education and African sociocultural reality—A gap or disconnection, or

imperialism? Presented at the 2014 UK Association of African Studies Conference, University of

Sussex, Falmer Brighton, England September 9 – 11, 2014

38. Appropriate communication skills for effective teaching – workshop presented at the UAE

Teachers Educational Forum 29 March – 2 April, 2015 Sharjah, UAE.

lII. EDITORSHIP OF SCHOLARLY JOURNALS:

1. Founding Editor, JACL - Journal of African Children’s Literature (ISSN: 0795-4506) now JACYL - Journal of African Children’s & Youth Literature

2. Member, International Editorial Board The Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics

3. Editorial Board Member, SANKOFA—Journal of African Children’s and Young Adult Literature

4. Founding Editor, EJOLLS - Ekpoma Journal of Languages and Literary Studies (ISSN:; 0794-8476) 5. Editor, JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, the scholarly journal of the Bendel State Ministry of Education (ISSN 0794-4594)

6. Associate Editor (1986-87) IRORO-Journal of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of

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the Bendel State University, Ekpoma, Nigeria9. Review Editor (Children’s Literature, and Education) for AFRICAN BOOK PUBLISHING

RECORD, Oxford England.

10. Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics

11. Member, Editorial Board, Global Journal of Business and social Sciences

IV. ASSESSOR:

Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, Oxford, U.K. I serve as assessor in children’s literature.

EXTERNAL EXAMINING:

External Examiner in English, Auchi Polytechnic 1986/87 and 1987/88.

ASSISTANCE TO EXAMINATION BODIES:West African Examinations Council.

V. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:

Editor, AURAK SACSCOC Application and Related MaterialsMember, Board of Directors, National council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Founding member, NCTE Volunteers Corps Invited by NCTE October 2001 to be a Founding Member, NCTE Volunteer Corps (The Volunteer Corps has been established to tap the professional skills and rich knowledge base of NCTE’s most accomplished members).

CAU School of Education Representative, University Library Advisory Committee

Senate member 1984-1989 (Bendel State University, Nigeria); Congregation Representative, University Schools Board and later senate Representative, University Schools Board; Member Appointments and Promotions Committee; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences;Chairman, Quality Monitoring Group University Primary School 1983-84; Chairperson, Teacher Education Committee, English Department, Clark Atlanta University; Mississippi Valley State University Representative in Mississippi Humanities Council-IHL Lecture Series

First Faculty Sponsor , National Council of Teachers of English Student Affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University & Affliate Representative at the Annual NCTE Business/Board of Directors Meeting.

Reviewer/Panelist, Humanities and Education programs ( The National Endowment for the Humanities )

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VI. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

New Directions in the Humanities African Literature AssociationAfrican Studies AssociationModern Language Association (Children’s Literature Division; African Literature Division); Children’s Literature Association, U.S.A.; Children’s Literature Association of Nigeria (CLAN); Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN); National Council of Teachers of English, U.S.A. (NCTE); International Reading Association, U.S.A.;.Reading Association of Nigeria; International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY); U.S. Board on Books for Young People; Comparative and International Education Society; International Research Society for Children’s Literature, (IRSCL);Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ); Kappa Delta Pi, An International Society in Education.

VI. GRANTS:

o AURAK Seed grant - 2014/2015 for Promoting Reading Culture through Arabic Children’s Literature, United Arab Emirates Board on Books for Young People, and Multicultural Children’s Literatures.

o Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant - Summer 2013 for International Youth Literatures

o Mississippi Humanities Council grant for - Black History in the Context of the Struggle for Freedom of the Black People in the Southern States of America and in South Africa.(February 1-28, 1998).

VIII.AREAS OF INTEREST:• Cultural Studies• Education – English Curriculum and Instruction• African Children’s Literatures• African Literature in English, Africana Literature, Children’s and Young Adult

Literature, Multicultural Literatures RECENT SUBMISSION for publication – Essays/articles: From Spiritual Comfort to Spiritual Combat—Ezeulu in Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God and Praneshacharya in Anantha Murthy's Samskara.”

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“ History in Literature and Literature in History- a position and a relevance of All Quiet on the Western Front in the 21st Century “ to be presented at the International Conference on Arts and Humanities 2015 - The International Institute of Knowledge Management , Sri Lanka July 20 – 22, 2015

“International and local implications of the spread of theEnglish language worldwide—Relevance and effective pedagogy.”

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