African literature and development in the twenty-first century
Subtitle: proceedings of Ezenwa-Ohaeto International Memorial Conference
By: edited by Joy Eyisi, Ike Odimegwu, Ngozi Ezenwa-Ohaeto
Contributors: Eyisi, Joy; Odimegwu, Ike; Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Ngozi; Ezenwa-Ohaeto, 1958-2005; Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Faculty of Arts
Publisher: Living Flames Resources
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
Subjects: Nigerian literature; Congresses; History and criticism; African literature; Literature and society; Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Ohaeto :
Notes: Proceedings of a conference held Nov. 28-30, 2007 at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English, with 2 contributions in French.
Table of contents: title: Ezenwa-Ohaeto, the poet and national development : implications for African literature of the twenty-first century  -- J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada; title: Ezenwa-Ohaeto's service to Nigerian literature  -- Austine Akpuda; title: Wounded Eros and cantillating Cupids : sensuality and the future of Nigerian literature in the post-military era  -- Femi Osofisan; title: The role of literature in national development  -- Nonyelum Obi; title: The poet as a wise man  -- Oliver Uche; title: Poetry and social development : a study of J.P. Clark Bekedermo's State of the union  -- Joseph Stephen; title: Environmental activism in Tanure Ojaide's The activist  -- Chibuzo Asomugha; title: Experience of war and cultural imagery in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a yellow sun and Festus Iyayi's Heroes  -- Smart Malife; title: Children's literature : the need of the hour  -- Jane Ifechelobi; title: Children's literature : the need of the hour  -- Jane Ifechelobi; title: [Using poetry generating loops to facilitate student engagement with poetry art  -- Nkechinyere Okediadi]; title: Ezenwa-Ohaeto and the poet's mission : of vision and of hope  -- Ifeyinwa Ogbazi; title: Implications of social realism to the Nigerian poet today : a review of Ezenwa Ohaeto's The voice of the night masquerade  -- Ngozi Chuma-Udeh; title: The contribution of Ezenwa Ohaeto to literary studies  -- Ikechukwu Okodo; title: La traduction litteraire : les poemes en pidgin d'Ezenwa Ohaeto en question  -- Theodora Onuko; title: Ezenwa-Ohaeto : the persona in Chinua Achebe  -- Cecilia Eme and Davidson Mbagwu; title: Old songs in a new flute : theme, language, and audience in Ezenwa-Ohaeto's poetry  -- Ralph Uzoezie; title: The conception of night and death in Ezenwa Ohaeto's The voice of the night masquerade  -- Emma Ebo and Canice Nwosu; title: The Igbo cultural affinity of Ezenwa Ohaeto's literary language in The voice of the night masquerade  -- George Onwudiwe and Thecla Obiora; title: Parallelism as linguistic tool in Ezenwa Ohaeto's A chant at the anthole and The living and the dead  -- Geraldine Nnamdi-Eruchalu; title: Text-context relations in Ezenwa Ohaeto's The voice of the night masquerade  -- Chinwe Ezeifeka; title: A lexico-semantic analysis of Ezenwa-Ohaeto's The gods are hasty  -- Angela Nwankwere; title: Truth, natural language, and change  -- Maduabuchi Dukor; title: Language as an instrument of motivation and mobilization  -- Arinze Agbanusi; title: La situation actuelle de l'enseignement et d'apprentissage de la litterature francaise au niveau universitaire  -- Chioma Uzoho; title: The language of Couchoro's Esclave  -- Oluchukwu Asadu; title: A critique of Nwaozuzu's The unspecified pronominal element in Igbo  -- Benjamin Mmadike; title: Literature, gender representation, and Nigerian dance culture  -- Gladys Akunna; title: Survival and feminine emancipation in Nigeria : Ojaide's The activist  -- Nonyelum Mba; title: Cracking the eggshell, infiltrating patriarchy : Nafissatou Diallo's De Tilene au plateau and Aminata Sow Fall's La greve des battu  -- Nneka Okoye; title: Gender perspectives and culture in Zaynab Alkali's cobwebs and other stories  -- Ijeoma Nwajiaku; title: The oppression of men in the novels of selected African female writers  -- Ifeyinwa Okolo; title: Culture : the heart-beat of literature and language  -- Gladys Udechukwu; title: Cultural cohesion in traditional Igbo songs  -- Ephraim Chukwu; title: Critical survey and justification of nemesis in Onyekonwu's Nwata Rie Awo and its relevance to our present day society  -- Alex Anedo and Janet Ogbalu; title: Biblical Hebrew poetry  -- Luke Ugwueye; title: The place of emotions in the portrayal of characters in Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four  -- Christopher Akaruese; title: SMS text messaging and the use of English by Nigerian university undergraduates  -- Ngozi Ezenwa-Ohaeto; title: Literary work as an intellectual property of its author : implications for protection under the Copyright Act  -- Ikenga Oraegbunam; title: Literature and music composition : a marriage of convenience in the world of the creative arts  -- Agatha Onwuekwe; title: Musicalizing contemporary Nigerian poetry : challenges and prospects  -- Nwamara Alvan-Ikoku; title: He lives on : b (Ezenwa Ohaeto) [poem]  -- Ngozi Chuma-Udeh; title: He smiles on in heaven and other poems  -- Angela Nwankwere; title: Conversation with the lawful armed robber and other poems  -- F.O. Orabueze; title: Dioha Dike : the legend of the Oluoha [short story] -- Ike Odimegwu.