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    Professor Akachi Ezeigbo’s Works

    Children’s Story (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)

     

    • Heart Songs(Poems). Ibadan: Kraft Books Ltd., 2009.
    • Clouds and Other Poems for Children. Ibadan: University Press Ltd., 2009.
    • Ako the Storyteller. (Children’s novel). Ikeja, Lagos: Lantern Books, 2009.
    • Zoba and his Gang. (Children’s novel). Ikeja, Lagos: Lantern Books, 2009.
    • Things Fall Apart @ 50, Special Edition, LARES, A Journal of Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 16. No 3 (2008). Edited with Dr. AdetokunboPearse.
    • Waiting for Dawn(Poems) (Ibadan: Kraft Books Ltd.) 2010.
    • The Slave Girl. (Children’s novel) Lagos: Eph Communications Ltd, 2010.
    • The Dwarf’s Story. (Children’s novel) Lagos: Eph Communications Ltd, 2010.
    • The Return of the Thief. (Children’s novel) Lagos: Eph Communications Ltd, 2010.
    • The Boy and his Dog. (Children’s novel) Lagos: Eph Communications Ltd, 2010.
    • Hands that Crush Stone. (Play) Ibadan: University Press Plc, 2010.
    • Barmaid and the Witches of Izunga. (Play) Ibadan: University Press Plc, 2010.
    • Roses and Bullets. (Novel) Lagos: Jalaa Writers’ Collective, 2011.
    • Toki Learns the Hard Way. Lagos: Melrose Books and Publishing Ltd, 2011.
    • Mina the Shy Girl. Lagos: Melrose Books and Publishing Ltd., 2011.
    • Kidnapped at Noon. Lagos: Melrose Books and Publishing Ltd., 2012.
    • Mina the Shy Girl. Lagos: Melrose Books and Publishing Ltd., 2012.
    • Seyi’s Strong Voice. Lagos: Melrose Books and Publishing Ltd., 2012.
    • Dancing Mask, Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2013.
    • Singing in the Rain & Other Poems for Children. Ibadan: University Press, 2014.
    • Ona and the Dwarf. (co-authored with OdinakaAzubuike, Benin: God Scholars’ Publishers (GSP), 2014.
    • The Eagle and Other Poems for Secondary Schools. Benin: God Scholars’ Publishers (GSP), 2014.
    • Footmarks: Poems on One Hundred Years of Nigeria’s Nationhood. Co-edited with NazaAmaezeOkoli. Ikeja, Lagos: ICS Services Limited, 2014.
    • Mixed Legacies. Ibadan: University Press, 2019.

     

     

     

    Fiction   (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)

     

    • The Last of the Strong Ones(novel), Lagos: Vista Books, 1996.
    • House of Symbols(novel), Lagos: Oracle Books Limited, 2001.
    • Children of the Eagle(novel), Lagos: Vista Books, 2002.
    • Rhythms of Life(short stories), London: Karnak House, 1992.
    • Echoes in the Mind(short stories), Foundation Publishers, 1994/ Vista Books, 1996.
    • Rituals & Departures(short stories), London: Karnak House, 1996.
    • Fratures& Fragments(Short stories) Lagos, African Cultural Institute, 2006.
    • *The Buried Treasure(Junior African Writers Series), Oxford: Heinemann, 1992.
    • *The Prize(Junior African Writers Series), Oxford: Heinemann, 1994.
    • *HazinaIliyojikwa– Swahili translation of The Buried Treasure – (Junior African Writers Series), Oxford: Heinemann, 1996.
    • *Alani the Troublemaker & Other Stories, Literamed Publications, 2003.
    • *Asa and the Little Stream, Literamed Publications, 2004.
    • *Whisker the Brave Cat, Literamed Publication, 2005.
    • *Red One and the Wizard of Mula, Literamed Publication, 2005.
    • *Snake Child and Star Baby, Literamed Publication, 2006.
    • *Ezezemale and the Tree Spirits, Literamed Publications, 2006.
    • *Sunshine, the Miracle Child, Literamed Publications, 2006.
    • Adventures of Anum the Tortoise. Lagos: Lantern Books, Literamed Publications, 2006
    • My Cousin Sammy, Ikorodu: The Book Company, 2007.
    • Fire from the Holy Mountain, Ibadan: University Press, 2007.
    • Trafficked. Ikeja: Lantern Books, Literamed Publication, 2008.
    • Heart Songs(Poems), Ibadan: Kraftbooks, 2009.
    • Magic Breast Bags. Ibadan: University Press PLC, 2019.
    • Silver Lining. An Anthology of Nigerian Literature. Co-edited with FoluAgoi. A publication of PEN Nigeria Centre. 2019.
    • Metaphor for Happiness & Other Stories. G.M.T. Emezue, AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo et al (eds). Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Press. 2019.
    • Tolerance & Other Poems. G.M.T. Emezue, AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo et al (eds). Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Press. 2019.
    • Contours of Tolerance. G.M.T. Emezue, AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo et al (eds). Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Press. 2019.
    • Resident Alien & Other Stories. Ada UzoamakaAzodo and AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo (eds). Goldline& Jacobs, USA, 2020.
    • A Million Bullets and a Rose. London: Abibiman Publishing, UK. 2022.
    • Broken Bodies, Damaged Souls & Other Poems. Lagos: Purple Shelves Limited, 2022.
    • Do Not Burn my Bones & Other Stories. Lagos: Purple Shelves Limited, 2022.

     

    Articles Published In Academic Journals (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)

    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1982). “The Grotesque in Armah’s Fiction”. The Journal of Literary Society of Nigeria (JSLN), vol. 1, pp. 36-45.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1982). “Rebels Against Igbo Traditional Values: A Study of two of Ekwensi’s Igbo Heroines”, in Journal of SPILC, Vol. 1, pp. 51 – 54.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1983 – 1991). “A Sign of the Times: Social Criticism in Alex La Guma’s Time of the Butcherbird” in Selected Acts of the MLAN Conference in Calabar. Appeared also in Literary Half Yearly (Mysore: India, 32, 1, 1991).
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1984/85). “Ola Rotimi and the Oedipus Legacy”, in Lagos Review of English Studies (LARES), Vol. VI. VII, pp. 175 – 185.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1988). “Artistic Responsibility: Male Characterization in BuchiEmecheta’s Novels”, in LARES, Vol. 10, pp. 126 – 136.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1988). “Functionality in Literature: Art and Propaganda” in Savana, A Journal of Environmental and Social Sciences (Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University), Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 78 – 83.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1990). “Traditional Women’s Institutions in Igbo Society: Implications for the Igbo Female Writer” in African Languages and Cultures (London: SOAS, University of London) 3, 2, pp. 149 – 165.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1992). “The Clash of Ideals in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls”, in LARES. Vols. XI – XII, 1989 – 92. pp. 240 – 252.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1993). “The Enemy Within: Women Against Women in Novels by Selected Nigerian Female Writers” in Ihafa – A Journal of African Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1992 – 1993, pp. 1 – 13.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1997). “Technique and Language in Ba’s So Long a Letter, El Saadawi’s Women at Point Zero and Warner-Vieyra’sJuletane, in CALEL (Currents in African Literature and the English Language), University of Calabar, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1997, pp. 113 – 125.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (1999). “Gender in African Literature: The Politics of Exclusion and Inclusion” in Lagos Notes & Records, Vol. 8, pp. 25 – 45.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (2000). “The Dynamics of Literary Response: Students as Readers of African Women’s Writing” in Reading Africa: African Research & Documentation – A Special Issue of Journal of the Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa, No. 83. Produced jointly with the African Studies Centre, University of Cambridge, U.K., 2000, pp. 37 – 47.
    • Ezeigbo, T. A. (2003). “An Acid in the Feel of Things’: The Short Fiction of Ben Okri”, in Lagos Review of English Studies (LARES), University of Lagos, vol. 14 Nos. 1&2, pp. 105-119.
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2005). “From the Horse’s Mouth: The Politics of Remembrance in Women’s Writing on the Nigerian Civil War”, in Body, Sexuality, and Gender: Versions & Subversions in African Literature 1, edited by F. Veit-Wild & D. Naguschewski, Special Issue of Matatu: Journal for African Culture & Society, Amsterdam – New York, NY 2005.
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2008) “The Poetry of War: Chinua Achebe and Siegfried Sassoon”, in Things Fall apart @ 50, edited by AkachiEzeigbo&AdetokunboPearse, Special Issue of LARES: A Journal of Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 16. No 3 (2008)
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2013) “The Lizard and the Iroko: Reflections on Nigerian Literature 23 and Criticism since the 1960s” in Journal of Nigerian English and Literature (JONEL), Volume 9, January 2013, pp. 42-54.
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2017) “Unity in Diversity in the Household of African Feminism: A Response to Di-Feminism” in Journal of Igbo Studies Asso- ciation (ISA, USA), Special Edition, 2017.
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2017) “Justice Begets Peace: Literature, Insecurity and Societal Reorientation”, in Journal of the Literary Society of Nigeria (JLSN), Issue 9, June 2017, pp. 19-31.
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2018) “Synthesizing Difference: Transcultural Movements in Contemporary African and African Diaspora Literature” in Currents in African Literature and the English Language (CALEL), Volume VIII, May 2018, pp. 1-7.
    • Ezeigbo, T.A. (2019) “Balancing the Gender Equation in the Criticism of African Literature”, in African Literature Today (ALT), 37. 2019, pp. 88-103.

    Other Books  (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)

    • Wings of Dawn, An Anthology of New Writing by Nigerian Women, co-editor with Ronnie Uzoigwe, published by the British Council/WRITA (Lagos), 2006.

     

    Essays (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)    

    • “When a novelist writes a play” by Chika Abanobi, The Spectator, February 20-26, 2009, p. 41.
    • “Escape into poetry, audacity of pidgin,” by Akeem Lasisi. The Punch, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, p. 46.
    • “AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo’s Post-Inaugural Harvest,” by EzechiOnyerionwu, Sunday Vanguard, June 14, 2009. P. 47.
    • “10 Most Significant Contemporary Nigerian Novelists,” by Henry Akubuiro, The National Life, March 22, 2009, p. 21.
    • “Profile of a Role Model, Prof. AkachiAdimora-Ezeigbo,” in Growing Up, Action Health Incorporated. Vol. 17 No 14, December 2009, p. 20.

    Non-Fiction (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)

    • Fact & Fiction in the Literature of the Nigerian Civil War, Lagos:Unity Publishing & Research Company, 1992.
    • Gender Issues in Nigeria– A Feminine Perspective, Lagos: Vista Books, 1996.
    • A Companion to the Novel, Lagos: Vista Books, 1998.
    • The Literatures of War(edited with Liz Gunner), SOAS, University of London.
    • Wings of Dawn:An Anthology of New Writing by Nigerian Women (edited with Ronnie Uzoigwe), British Council, Lagos, 2006.
    • Literature, Language and National Consciousness(edited with K. King-Aribisala), Lagos: University of Lagos Press, 2006.
    • Snail-Sense Feminism:Building on an Indigenous Model. Faculty of Arts, University of Lagos, 2012.

    Honours and Awards: (Culled from Website:https://www.akachiezeigbo.org)

    • Three year-academic scholarship awarded by the Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship Board (at undergraduate level). 1971 – 1974
    • December 1975, Awarded the 2nd Prize in the Christmas Short Story Competition organized by Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC)
    • 1989/90 Session Commonwealth Fellowship Award: Awarded a Development Fellowship by the Association of Commonwealth Universities tenable at School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London [Post-Doctoral].
    • August 1994 –  won 1st Prize in the Nationwide Short Story Competition about Social Aspects of Women and Their Activities organized by Women’s Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC) Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.
    • I was a British Council Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1998
    • A Special Guest of the Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, at a Literary Retreat at the Burn in Scotland in 1998.
    • A Research Fellow at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa from 1st August 1999 to 31st July, 2000 in the English Studies Department in the School of Language, Culture and Communication.
    • 2001 – House of Symbols (Novel) won the ANA/Spectrum Prize for fiction.
    • 2001 – House of Symbols won Zulu Sofola Prize for Women Writing.
    • 2003 – First winner of ANA/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for Women Writing.
    • 2004 – House of Symbols (along with two other books) received US $5,000 under the Literature Prize sponsored by Nigeria LNG Ltd. called The Nigeria Prize for Literature.
    • 2004 – House of Symbols was selected as one of 25 Best Books written over the past 25 years (1978-2003) by Spectrum Books, Ibadan.
    • A Recipient of the “Women Glass Ceiling Crashers Award” (awarded by Women Writers Association of Nigeria – WRITA) – 2004.
    • Awarded a Visiting Fellowship by the Institute of African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany, as Guest Scholar, from November 1st – December 31st, 2005.
    • Received 2005 Best Researcher Award in the Arts and Humanities, in the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos.
    • Honoured as ‘A Model of Achievement’ by The African Cultural Institute and Zenith Bank Plc, in 2005.
    • Children of the Eagle was runner-up (second position) for the Pat Utomi Literature Prize – 2005
    • Snake Child and Star Baby was runner-up for the ANA/AtikuAbubakar Prize for Children’s Literature – 2005
    • Awarded a Research Fellowship (as a Visiting Research Fellow) at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, from 1st October 2006 – 30th September 2007.
    • Joint winner of the 2007 NLNG ‘The Nigeria Prize for Literature’ in the Children Category with my children’s novel entitled My Cousin Sammy – 2007.
    • Honoured with Long & Distinguished Service Award of the University of Lagos on April 19th, 2007.
    • Fire from the Holy Mountain (Children’s novel) won the ANA/AtikuAbubakar Children’s Literature Prize – 2008.
    • Heart Songs (Poetry collection) won the ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize – 20092009 – Trafficked was runner-up (second position) for the ANA/NDDC Flora Nwapa Prize for Women Writing.
    • Nominated as ‘Most Admired Lecturer’ by students of the English Department, University of Lagos – 2010
    • Received ‘Outstanding Contribution Award’ from His Excellency, Rt. Hon. ChibuikeRotimiAmaechi, Executive Governor of Rivers State at the Garden City Literary Festival (GCLF), December 10th, 2010, in Port Harcourt, “in recognition of the vivid colours she has added to Nigerian Literature”.
    • I was awarded the Fellowship of the Literary Society of Nigeria (FLSN).
    • Roses and Bullets was runner-up (Second position) for the ANA/NDDC Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose Fiction -2011
    • 2012 – Award by the Faculty of Arts Students Association, University of Lagos, “For her immense contribution to the intellectual development of Nigerian students”.
    • I was given an award by the English Students’ Association of Redeemer’s University (ESARUN), March 2012: “In recognition of her Outstanding Contribution to the Academic Development of Students and the Society as a whole” – 2012
    • 2012 – Awarded the Fellowship of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (FNAL).
    • Roses and Bullets was runner-up (one of three books) for the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.  402 books were submitted for the competition, from 26 African countries – 2012
    • 2012 – Given a chieftaincy title – UgonwanyiEdemedeNdi-Igbo – by EzeNwabuezeOhazulike (OON) EzeMkpume II (Omereoha) EzeNdi-Igbo Lagos State, in recognition of my achievements in the fields of writing and research. The title means ‘Queen of Letters of Igboland’.
    • 2012 – One of the 50 Nigerian writers profiled in Nigerian Literature, A Coat of Many Colours. edited by Koko Kalango, a publication Of Rainbow Book Club (organizers of The Garden City Literary Festival, Port Harcourt) in partnership with Rivers State Government.
    • 2012 – Given an Award of Excellence by the Igbo Students and Alumni Congress Worldwide.
    • 2013 – I was presented an award by Greensprings School, Lekki, Lagos, in “Recognition of her Outstanding Contribution to Literacy.”
    • Presented an award (along with five others) by Mr Peter Obi, Anambra State Governor, on July 13, 2013 in Awka: “In recognition of her Literary Achievement as the first Anambra State citizen to win the NLNG’s The Nigeria Prize for Literature.” The Award was one million naira (N1,000,000.00).
    • 2014 – I was awarded the Fellowship of the English Scholars Association of Nigeria (FESAN).
    • Recipient of Gold Award for Excellence from Uga Improvement Union (U.I.U.) on December 26, 2016, “for your contribution to the educational, economic and social development of Uga Town and for your achievements in research and writing.”
    • Presented an Award of Recognition by the 2017 Creative Class of Department of Language & Literature, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, for Contribution Towards the Development of Creativity, 24 February, 2017.
    • I was awarded the Fellowship of the Association of Nigerian Authors (FANA) on October 30, 2017.
    • “Award of Excellence presented to Prof. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo in recognition of her Outstanding Service to Humanity” by the Faculty of Humanities, Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo (FUNAI), 9 November, 2017.
    • Special Award as the Highest Ranked Nigerian Participant at the Igbo Studies Association (USA) at Dominican University, River Forest, Chicago, IL, 11 May, 2019.
    • Won the 1st Prize in the Staff Short Story category (Maiden Edition) in the Creative Writing Competition at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, 25 July, 2019.
    • Won the 2nd Prize in the Staff Poetry category (Maiden Edition) in the Creative Writing Competition at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, 25 July, 2019.
    • 2019 – My Poetry Collection Mixed Legacies is the First Runner Up of ANA Poetry Prize 2019 out of the three shortlisted.
    • Received an Award in Recognition of my contribution and as a pioneer member towards the development of Anambra AEFUNAI on December 8, 2019.
    • Won the 1st Prize in the Staff Short Story category (Second Edition) in the Creative Writing Competition 2, at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, 13th December, 2019.
    • Won the 3rd Prize in the Staff Poetry category (Second Edition) in the Creative Writing Competition 2, at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, 13th December, 2019.
    • Short story “The President’s Change Agent” won the African Literature Association (ALA) USA Best Short Story Award in May 2020.
    • Won the First Prize in the 2021 Haiku Competition organized by the International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (IFLAC).
    • “Award of Excellence Presented to Prof. AkachiEzeigbo by Excellence Club, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI) for Being an Excellent Mother, Mentor and Role Model to Us”. 10th February, 2022.
    • Fonlon-Nichols Award for 2022 and Best Short Story Award by ALA 2020, and First Prize Winner of the Haiku Competition of the International Forum for Literature and the Culture of Peace (IFLAC) 2021. ETC.
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