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Doctor Okonkwo is a brilliant academic who has written Books, Book chapters, Encyclopaedia entries, Journal Articles and Reviews. He has made useful construction in numerous conferences and a prolific creative writers whose play, " Doctors on call: A Tragic Force", was the winner of the 1998 Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA) Drama Prize. He is a caring and loving Parent.

Languages other than English spoken: French (fully written) Igbo (fully) & Hausa (partly)

 

Details of Education and Qualification Obtained

PTTLS Training Level 4. United Kingdom

Institution

Date

Grade Obtained & Subjects

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Jan. 1982 – Aug. 1988

Part Time after 1983

PhD English (Anglophone Postcolonial Literatures)

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Jan. 1982 – July 1983

Full Time

Postgraduate Diploma in Drama. Studied Play Production, Lighting & Stage Design

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Sept. 1979 – Dec. 1981

Part Time

MA English (African Literature, Literary Theory, Modern European Fiction)

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Sept. 1974 – June 1978

Full Time

BA English, First Class. (African Literature, Literary Studies, Drama, Linguistics, French & Social Sciences, British Lit from Anglo-Saxon to Present)

 

Lectureship Experience

Date

Post

Institution

Jan. 2001-Present

Senior English Tutor, Head of English since October 2005

Croydon Metropolitan College, Croydon

Oct. 1998 – Present

Research Consultant (Part Time) through my Chidek Academic Research

1994–Aug. 1998

Senior Lecture in English

University College Chester, Chester, UK

1992-1994

University of Wales Fellow, Part Time Lecturer in English

University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

 

1991-1992

Visiting Scholar in Commonwealth Studies

Clare Hall, Cambridge University, England

1979-1981

Lecturer in English Literature

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

1978-1979

Lecturer in English Literature

Advanced Teachers College, Kano, Nigeria