NorthEast Modern Language Association
FUOYE Academic Staff Profile
Dr. Ijeoma Ann Ngwaba (nee Ibeku)
Senior Lecturer
Department of English and Literary Studies, Faculty of Arts
Area of Specialization: African/African American Literature
Biography
Ijeoma Ann Ngwaba (nee Ibeku) is a graduate of English and Literary Studies from Abia State University with a second class upper division (2.1). She also graduated from University of Port Harcourt with an M.A (Hons) in Arts (Ph.D grade); and has completed her Doctoral program at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 2021. Her works are extensively published in journals and others have been cited in reputable journals, theses and books. My research interests are in African and African-American literature, Migration literature, literary theory and criticism, Film and Media studies, Oral literature, gender-related discourses and comparative literary studies. She lectures at Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria as a Senior lecturer. She has won the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) conference sponsorship for International conferences severally and attended conferences in United States of America and Canada in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024. As a result of her outstanding conference paper, she won the North East Modern Language Association Post-colonial Essay Award in 2020. She has also attended numerous conferences locally and presented papers. In 2022/2023, I was a Guest Lecturer at Penn State University, Berks where I taught courses focusing on the theme of “Literature and Culture, International Film and Literature and The Hero in World Literature” to students offering courses in African history, culture and literature at the University.
Research Interests
African and African-American literature, Migration literature, literary theory and criticism, Film and Media studies, Oral literature, gender-related discourses and comparative literary studies
Qualifications
| Degree | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | University of Ibadan | 2021 |
| Masters | University of Port Harcourt | 2010 |
| BA | Abia State University, Uturu | 2004 |
Awards
Grants
Tetfund
Tetfund
Tetfund
Total Grant: NAIRA 466.30
Membership of Professional Bodies
Member
Member
Member
Member
Paper Presentation - Local
ESAN conference/ Federal University Lokoja
Esan conference/ University of Nigeria
African Japanese Studies Association
African Japanse Association Studies
Paper Presentation - International
African Literature Association Conference/ Emory University, Atlanta
African Literature Association conference/ Yale University, Connecticut
NorthEast Modern Language Association/ Washington DC
NorthEast Modern Language Association/ Washington DC
NorthEast Modern Language Association/ Washington DC
Canadian Association of African Studies/ Montreal Canada
Postgraduate M.Sc Supervision
Ecological Thrivings and Travails in Chimeka Garricks Tomorrow Died Yesterday
War and Trauma in Doyin Aguoru's Refugees of the Great Lakes and Danai Gurira's Eclipsed
Course Teaching
Use of English
Introduction to Drama
Modern Comedy
Understanding Fiction
African Drama
African American/Carribean Literature
Oral Literature
Advanced Research Methods
African Literature
Advanced Drama
Custom Fields
Postgraduate Cordinator
Research
Associate Editor
Oye Journal of Arts
Associate Editor
Oye Journal of English Studies
Selected Publications
Interconnectedness of Literature and Medicine: A Critical Appraisal of Female Personality Disorders in Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister the Serial Killer
Authors: jeoma Ann Ngwaba, Adachukwu Okafor, Chiemela Imelda Ibeku and Ijeoma Odo
Journal of African Languages and Literary Studies (JoALLS) • 2026
Identity, Silence and Political Imbalance in Okey Ndibe’s Arrows of Rain.
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann, Oluwamayaowa Gbadegesin and Chiemela Imelda
Ahyu: A Journal of Language and Literature: Journal of Department of English, Federal University, Wukari • 2025
Female voice and action in Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann, Ibeku Chiemela and Akinkumi Betty Nifemi
KAKAKI • 2025
The African-American Dream and the Quest for Identity in Imbolo Mbue’s Behold The Dreamers
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann, Obinna IROEGBU, Chiemela Imelda and Segun Larayetan.
Ekpoma Journal of Languages and Literary Studies (EJOLLS) • 2025
Critical discourse on Self Discovery in Alice Walker’s Now is the time to open your heart and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah. Theory and Practice in Language Studies
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann, Olutola Akinwumi, Larayetan Segun and Ibeku Chiemela Imelda
Theory and Practice In Language Studies • 2024
History, Literary Re-historicization and the aftermath of war in Chinua Achebe’s There Was a Country and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann
Journal of Language Teaching Research • 2023
Contextualizing Identity in Buchi Emecheta’s Kehinde and Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann
Theory and Practice in Language Studies (TPLS) • 2022
Economic Deprivation and Female Intra-Objectification in Amma Darko’s Housemaid
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann
Journal of the English Scholars Association of Nigeria (JESAN). • 2021
Rethinking the image of the woman in Toni Morrison’s Paradise
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann
Akungba Journal of Linguistics and Literatures • 2020
Post-war conditions in Adedoyin Aguoru’s Refugees of the Great Lakes and Tsuboi Sakae’s Twenty-Four Eyes
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann
Journal of African Association of Japanese Studies • 2020
Revisiting the Geisha Identity in Liza Dalby’s Geisha and Arthur Golden’s Memoir of a Geisha.
Authors: Ibeku Ijeoma Ann
Journal of African Association of Japanese Studies • 2019
Negotiating Identity in an age greatly influenced by social media in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah
Authors: Ngwaba Ijeoma Ann (nee Ibeku)
A Journal of Language and Literature: Journal of Department of English, Federal University, Wukari • 2019
Adaptation: A Reading of Esiaba Irobi’s Sycorax
Authors: Ibeku Ijeoma Ann
ALARINJO: Journal of Theatre and Media Arts (FUOYE) • 2017
Sexuality and Diasporic Experiences in Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’ Street
Authors: Ibeku Ijeoma Ann
Journal of the English Scholars Association of Nigeria (JESAN) • 2016
Purple Hibiscus and the Issue of Feminism in African Novel
Authors: Ibeku Ijeoma Ann
Journal of Arts and Literature • 2015
