Professor Sophia Obiajulu Ogwude | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Academic |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Nigeria |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English and Comparative Literature scholar |
| Institutions | University of Abuja |
Sophia Obiajulu Ogwude is a Nigerian Professor of English and Comparative Literature in the Faculty of Arts, University of Abuja, Gwagwalada.[1]
She was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Abuja.[1][2] She served as Director, Centre for General Studies at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.[3] She was also the Director Centre for Gender Security Studies and Youth Advancement of the University of Abuja.[3] In this capacity, she convened the First National Conference on Gender Security Studies in Nigeria.[3] She is a past speaker at Women's International Networking conference.[4] In 2012, Ogwude was a juror for the Nigerian Prize for Literature (Prose Fiction).[5][6] She is noted as one of Nigeria's important critics.[7][8]
Her writings have been reviewed by other scholars[9] and they include publications on Bessie Head,[10] history of prose fiction in Nigeria[11] and agitations for more female image in African fiction.[12] She is a member of the Nigerian Oral Literature Association (NORA).[13] A book about her was published in 2017.[14]
- ^ a b National Universities Commission (2021). "Directory of Full Professors in the Nigerian University System" (PDF). Ministry of Education. p. 166.
- ^ "Referee in Okeibunor CV" (PDF). Benson Idahosa University.
- ^ a b c "SOPHIA OBIAULU OGWUDE CURRICULUM VITAE.pdf". Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "West Africa WINConference". WIN Inspiring Women. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Writer, Energy (2014-11-25). "The Race For Africa's Biggest Literary Prizes Begins". www.flowtechenergy.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Magazine, African Writer (2012-10-09). "The Nigeria Prize for Literature: Final Shortlist of Three". AfricanWriter.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Nigerian Political Landscape Populated By Ghoulish Creatures Of Indeterminate Moral – Udenta – Independent Newspaper Nigeria". 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Review: Sophia O. Ogwude (ed). Writing the Female Image in African Fiction, Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 2013, 319 pages". Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 30 (1). 2020.
- ^ Ogunrotimi, Olumide (2020). "Review: Sophia O. Ogwude (ed). Writing the Female Image in African Fiction, Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 2013, 319 pages". Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies. 30 (1): 247–253. ISSN 2141-9744.
- ^ Ogwude, Sophia Obiajulu (1998). "Protest and Commitment in Bessie Head's Utopia". Research in African Literatures. 29 (3): 70–81. ISSN 0034-5210. JSTOR 3820620.
- ^ "Oldest International Journal of African Literature Announces Forthcoming Issue on African Language Literatures". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Mary Martin Booksellers". www.marymartin.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Ubaka, Okofu (September 8, 2013). "The profs and their proteges on Ibadan mountains". Vanguard (Nigeria).
- ^ "Gender and power in contemporary Africa : essays in honour of Prof. Sophia Ogwude | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-08-07.