Ernest Emenyonu

Ernest Emenyonu

Ernest Emenyonu is a notable African literature critic. He was formerly head of department of English and Literary Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, in that order, through the 1980s and 1990s. He was also Provost of Alvan Ikoku College of Education in Imo state Nigeria.

While at the University of Calabar, Ernest Emenyonu founded and chaired the Calabar annual International Conference on African Literature and the English Language ICALEL. This promoted interaction of African writers and critics with visiting international scholars. Its format combined paper presentations with workshops on the teaching of African literature and the English language.

References

* "Introduction” Goatskin Bags and Wisdom: New Critical Perspectives on African Literature", Emenyonu, E. N., Trenton: AWP 2000. ISBN 0-86543-670-3 (hb) ISBN 0-86543-671-1 (pb)
* "The rise of the Igbo novel", Emenyonu, E. N., Oxford University Press, 1978 ISBN 978-154-023-0, 0195754476
* "New Women's Writing in African Literature", Emenyonu, E. N. (ed), Department of Africana Studies, University of Michigan-Flint
* "Literature and society: selected essays on African literature", Emenyonu, E. N., Oguta, Nigeria: Zim Pan African Publishers, 1986


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