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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theatre and Media Studies |
| Keywords | afrikanische Literatur, Film und Video, Kunst |
| Honours and awards | 2017: Visiitng Professor, University of Vienna(Non-EU Mobility Program, June-August, 2017 2010: Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2010 |
Current contact address
| Country | Canada |
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| City | Edmonton |
| Institution | University of Alberta |
| Institute | Department of English and Film Studies |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings | Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz |
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| Dr. Ulf Vierke | IWALEWA-Haus / Afrikazentrum, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth |
| Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt | Professur Englische Literaturwissenschaft und Anglophone Literaturen, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth |
| Prof. Dr. Eva Spies | Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Lehrstuhl Religionswissenschaft, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/10/2000 |
Programme(s)
| 2000 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 2010 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor Okome is internationally renowned for his outstanding research in African literature and cinema. He has made important contributions to the critical study of the literary work of authors of international acclaim such as Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, and Ken Saro-Wiwa. He combines this critical expertise with innovative perspectives on Africa's popular arts, especially film and video. During his stay in Germany he will continue his research on "Modernity and the Onitsha Market Arts", and will begin to work on a new book titled "The Abject in Anglophone African Literature." Prof. Okome is hosted by Prof. Matthias Krings at the University of Mainz |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2002 | Onookome Emmanuel Okome: Introduction: Tanure Ojaide: The Poet Laureate of the Niger Delta. In: Onookome Emmanuel Okome, Writing the Homeland: The Poetry and Politics of Tanure Ojaide. African Studies 60, 2002. 9-19 |
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| 2001 | Onookome Emmanuel Okome: Entretien avec Emem Isong. In: S. Lelievre, Cinemas d'Afrique en transit - CinemAction. Corlet/Telerama, 2001. |
| 2001 | Onookome Emmanuel Okomek: Les femmes dans de film video nigerian. In: S. Lelievre, Dinemas d'Afrique en transit - CinemAction. Corlet/Telerama, 2001. |
| 2001 | Onookome Emmanuel Okome: Living the Gendered Space: The Poetry and Gender Advocacy of Toyin Adewale. In: Revue D'Etudes Africaines-African Studies Review, 2001, |
| 2001 | Onookome Emmanuel Okome: Ola Balogun et les debuts du cinema nigerian. In: S. Lelievre, Dinemas d'Afrique en transit - CinemAction. Corlet/Telerama, 2001. |
| 2000 | Onookome Emmanuel Okome, Jonathan Haynes: Evolving Popular Media - Nigerian Video Films. In: Jonathan Haynes, Nigerian Video Films Revised and Expanded Edition. Ohio University Center for International Studies Africa Series, 2000. 51-88 |
| 2000 | Onookome Emmanuel Okome: Naming Suffering and Women in Nigerian Video Film: Notes on the Interviews with Emem Isong. In: Calabar Journal of the Hummanities, 2000, 43-56 |