Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe Explained

Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe
Education:University of Nigeria
Ahmadu Bello University
Birth Name:Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe
Birth Date:1950 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Professor
Profession:Professor, African Literature of French Expression
Country:Nigeria

Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe is a Nigerian professor of French and African literature in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.[1] She writes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, literary criticism, and social criticism. She has published 27 books and 162 journals internationally and locally.[2] She is an honorary fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), along with Prof. Tanure Ojaide and Olusegun Adeniyi.[3] [4]

Early life and education

Onyemelukwe was born in Awka, Nigeria. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in French at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1976. She furthered her education with a Post Graduate Diploma in Education from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1982. Continuing her academic pursuits, she earned a master's and doctorate in French from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 and 1987 respectively.[5]

Career

She began her career as a graduate assistant at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Advance Teachers' College in 1978.[6] After that, she worked at the ABU, Zaria Institute of Education between 1992 and 2001. In 2002, she joined the Department of French within the Faculty of Arts at ABU, Zaria. She remained there until her mandatory retirement in 2020.

In her career, she served in several leadership roles, such as a professor on sabbatical in the Department of French at Kaduna State University, Kaduna. Additionally, she held the position of Visiting Professor at the French Department of the Federal College of Education, Zaria.

Onyemelukwe is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Consultants and the Chartered Institute of Administration. She has also been listed in Contemporary Who's Who (2002-date) and International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women (2002-date). On October 14, 2015, she delivered an inaugural lecture, with attendees including Dr. Alex Ekwueme and several others dignitaries.

Personal life

She is married to Geoffrey Chukwubuike Onyemelukwe, a Consultant Physician and Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Together, they are blessed with five (5) children.[7]

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Website of Prof. (Mrs.) Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe. Professor of French and African Literature of French Expression at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. . 2023-07-10 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe . Ifeoma Mabel . 15 July 2023 . Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe: Professor of French and African Literature of French Expression at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria . LinkedIn.
  3. Web site: NationalInsightNews . 2019-06-21 . Nigerian Academy of Letters Elects Seven Professors As Fellows . 2023-07-15 . National Insight News.
  4. Web site: Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe . 2023-07-15 . Nigerian Academy of Letters . en-US.
  5. Web site: Official Website of Prof. (Mrs.) Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe. Professor of French and African Literature of French Expression at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. . 2023-07-15 . en-US.
  6. Web site: III . Admin . 2020-09-30 . Prof Onyemelukwe: A Life Of Accomplishments @70 - FOREFRONT NG 70, ABU, Life Of Accomplishments, Prof Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe, Prof Onyemelukwe, Zaria . 2023-07-24 . FOREFRONT NG . en-US.
  7. Web site: PERSONAL INFORMATION – Prof. G.C. Onyemelukwe MON . 2023-07-24 . en-US.
  8. Book: Onyemelukwe, Ifeoma . History of French-Speaking Nigerian Literature . 2023-07-14 . Our Knowledge Publishing . 978-620-6-22246-0 . English.
  9. Web site: Amazon.com : Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe . 2023-07-19 . www.amazon.com . en-us.