Work Information
| Programme | English and Literary Studies |
| Department | English and Literary Studies |
| Faculty | Humanities |
Dr Evelyn N. Urama currently serves as Lecturer I at the Department of English and Literary Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. She obtained her Ph.D in Comparative Literature from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in, 2016 followed by a two months Postdoctoral Fellowship Residency Programme of the African Humanities Program/American Council of Learned Societies at the Department of Political & International Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, from August 28 – October 27, 2018. Dr Urama’s research areas include Comparative Literature and Gender Studies, African and Diasporic Studies, Children’s Literature and Cultural Astronomy. Dr Urama is a member, AE FUNAI Critic Editors and Department of English and Literary Studies Median Journal Editors. She is a reviewer of many peer-reviewed journals and has published articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. She is a Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (ACSL)/African Humanities Program (AHP)
Dr. Evelyn N. Urama is specialized in African, African American and Caribbean Literature (Literature of the Black People of the World). She has 7 years of working experience in well-established academic institution (Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike). Dr Urama has delivered seminars on topics related to her core research interests.
Academic Qualifications
S/N |
Institutions attended |
degree(s) awarded |
year |
1 |
University of Nigeria nsukka |
PhD (comparative Literature) |
2016 |
2 |
University of Nigeria nsukka |
M.a. (Comparative Literature) |
2009 |
3 |
University of Nigeria nsukka |
B.a. English |
1997
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research interests
S/N |
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1 |
Comparative Literature (African, African American & Caribbean Literature) |
2 |
Gender Studies |
3 |
African Studies |
4 |
African & African-Diasporic Studies |
5 |
Cultural Astronomy |
Membership of professional bodies
s/n |
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1 |
Member, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) |
2 |
Member, Igbo Studies Association (ISA) |
3 |
Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)/African Humanities Program (AHP)
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Selected publications (MAXIMUM OF 10, WITH LINKS WHERE AVAILABLE)
s/n |
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1 |
Urama, Evelyn N. ‘(2011) The Sky Entities as Represented in African Literature’ in The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture. D. Valls-Gabaud and A. Boksenberg (eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 294 – 300. DOI:1017/S1743921311002420 |
2 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2019) The Values and Usefulness of Same-sex Marriage among Women in Igbo Culture in the Continuity of Lineage or Posterity. Sexualities (SAGE Open) SAGE Journals, April-June 2019: 1-9. DOI: 10.1177/2158244019850037 |
3 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2018) ‘Literature and the Society: Lack of Patriotism and Unity of Purpose and Nigerian Democratic Government.’ Ars Artium. vol 6, January, 2018, 19-30. |
4 |
Urama Evelyn N. (2019) ‘Gender, Leadership, and the Igbo Woman: A Study of Some Selected Works of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’ Ars Artium. vol 7, January, 2019, 56-66. |
5 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2018) ‘Striving For Sustainability: Tangible Art and Cultural Signifiers in Africa Literature’ IDOSR Journal of Communication and English (IDOSR-JCE) vol. 3, Number 1, January, 2018, 1-15. |
6 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2018) ‘Psychoanalytic Theory and the Contending Personalities and Forces in Achebe’s Arrow of God’ IDOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (IDOSR-JHSS) vol. 3, Number 1, January 2018, 86-101. |
7 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2012) ‘Indigenous Art Performances and Igbo Worldview in Nigerian Literature’ Ikenga: International Journal of Institute of African Studies. University of Nigeria, Nsukka vol. 12, Number 2, May, 2012, 282-302. |
8 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2010) ‘Literature: The Ultimate Vehicle for National Image Re-branding’ Sino-US English Teaching U.S.A vol.7, Number 10, October 2010, 20-27. |
9 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2012) ‘Indigenous Art Performances and Igbo Worldview in Nigerian Literature’ Ikenga: International Journal of Institute of African Studies. University of Nigeria, Nsukka vol. 12, Number 2, May, 2012, 282-302. |
10 |
Urama, Evelyn N. (2017) ‘The Traditional Performance and the Latent Cultural Meanings of Onunu Traditional Festival of Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria’ Ikenga: International Journal of Institute of African Studies. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, vol. 17, Number 1, 215-230. |
Collaborations/affiliations
s/n |
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1 |
Urama, Johnson O., Urama, Evelyn N. and Animalu, Alex O.E. (2009) ‘Endogenous Astronomy of Parts of Nigeria’ African Journals of Physics vol. 2, 2009, 357 – 372.
University of Nigeria Nsukka |
2 |
Urama, Evelyn N. and Nwachukwu, Ogbu Chukwuka. (2017) ‘Human Trafficking: Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Forced Domestic Labour in African Literature.’ JoLaCE: Journal of Languages and Cultural Education. vol. 5, Number 2, July, 2017, 123-137. DOI:10.1515/jolace-2017-0023
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike |
| 3 | Nwachukwu, Ogbu Chukwuka and Urama, Evelyn N. (2017) ‘Gender, the Nigerian Civil War and Hard Choices: Nihilism or Absurdism (?) in Isidoro Okpewho’s The Last Duty.’ CLEaR, vol. 4, Number 2, 7-13. DOI: 10.1515/clear-2017-0007
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike |
4 |
Urama Evelyn N. and Igwebuike Ebuka Elias (2018) ‘Spiritual Journey and Primordial Self: Requisite Actions for Individual and National Identity in Christopher Okigbo’s Poetry’ JoLaCE: Journal of Languages and Cultural Education. vol. 6, Number 3, September, 2018, 122-134. DOI:10.2478/jolace-2018-0028
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike |
5 |
Urama Evelyn N. and Onwuegbuche Leonard O. (2018) ‘Cultural Inhibiting Forces and the Struggle for Significant Selfhood in Jamaica Kincaid’s At the Bottom of the River ‘ Asian Social Science/World Academic Journals. vol 14, issue 3, 67-77.
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike |
6 |
Urama, Evelyn N and Albi-Oparaocha, Florence Chiji. (2019) ‘The Significance of Cosmic Objects in Traditional Igbo/African Burial Rites as Represented in African Literature’ in Culture and Social Change: Understanding the Igbo of Southeastern Nigeria Apollos Nwauwa and Ogechi Anwanwu (eds.) Maryland: Lexington Books, 179-193.
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike |
7 |
Urama, Evelyn N. and Augustus, Chikaodiri. (2016) ‘Figurative Expression and Literary Usage’ in Use of English for Tertiary Education. John Otu (ed.) Ibadan: Neo Media Nig. Ltd., 280-309.
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike |
grants and fellowships
s/n |
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1 |
Grant to attend the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium 260 in Paris, France to present a paper entitled ‘The Representation of the Sky Entities in African Literature’ on 19 – 23 January, 2009. Sponsor: IAU. |
2 |
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Staff Development grant for PhD Programme Completion: Dissertation Topic: – “Self and Identity in African and Caribbean Literatures’ 2013/14 to 2015/16. |
3 |
African Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)/African Humanities Program (AHP) – 2018. |
4 |
Two months Postdoctoral Residency Programme of the African Humanities Program/American Council of Learned Societies at the Department of Political & International Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, from August 28 – October 27, 2018. |
5 |
TETFUND Travel Grant for The 38thd West Indian Literature Annual Conference hosted by University of Guyana from October 17-20, 2019 at The Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Georgetown, Guyana |
Staff Information
- +2348051082446
- evelyn.urama@funai.edu.ng