Prof. Dr. Isidore Okeawolam Diala

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAfrican Studies,European and American Literary and Cultural Studies,General and Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies
KeywordsAfrican literature, South African fiction, Nigerian literature, Nigerian drama, Postcolonial drama
Honours and awards

2023: Fellow, Nigerian Authors' Association

2021: Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Letters

Current contact address

CountryNigeria
CityOwerri
InstitutionImo State University (IMSU)
InstituteDepartment of English and Literature

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Mark SteinEnglisches Seminar, Universität Münster, Münster
Prof. Dr. Susanne GehrmannSeminar für Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2010

Programme(s)

2010Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2015Prof. Dr. Isidore Okeawolam Diala: Andre Brink: In Defiance of Boundaries. In: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2015, 197-199
2015Prof. Dr. Isidore Okeawolam Diala: Okigbo's Drum Elegies. In: Research in African Literatures, 2015, 85-111
2014Isidore Okeawolam Diala: Esiaba Irobi’s Drama and the Postcolony: Theory and Practice of Postcolonial Performance. . Kraft Books, 2014
2013Isidore Okeawolam Diala: “Colonial Mimicry and Postcolonial Re-membering in Isidore Okpewho’s Call Me by My Rightful Name.” . In: Journal of Modern Literature, 2013, 77-95
2012Isidore Okeawolam Diala: “De/Stabilising the European Classic: Sycorax, Irobi’s The Tempest.” . In: Shakespeare in Southern Africa, 2012, 25-43
2011Isidore Okeawolam Diala: Esiaba Irobi’s Legacy: Theory and Practice of Postcolonial Performance. In: Research in African Literatures, 2011, 20-38
2011Isidore Okeawolam Diala: Nigerian Literature: Triumphs and Travails. In: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde: A Journal of Afircan Literature, 2011, 5-12
2011Isidore Okeawolam Diala: Nigerian Literature: Triumphs and Travails (Special Issue of Tydskrif vir Letterkunde: A Journal of African Literature 48.1) Ed.. 2011