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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, WORK IN PROGRESS & RESEARCH INTERESTS


CHINYERE G. OKAFOR:

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

1998 – Present:           Vice-President, Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS)
2008 – 2009                Board Chair, Women In Need Inc. (WINI).
2001 – 2009                Board Member, Women In Need Inc. (WINI).
2003 – 2006                Board Member, Global Learning Center, Wichita, Kansas.
1990 – present             Member, African Literature Association.
2003 – 2006               Member, National Association of Women Writers.

WORK IN PROGRESS 

African Ikeji Mask Festivals: Theater, Gender and Communication..

 “Women, mask, and Achebe’s Literature” -  Essays in the merging of written and oral literature (see part of the work Button ).

“American Dream …” - Nonfiction on women, immigration, and development.

“The African Blonde …” Poems on issues across the globe

“Scramble for Africa 2” Play - See the performed version Button


RESEARCH INTERESTS 

 
Women’s Writing.

Folk Literature and Performance.
 
Postcolonial African Literature.

 

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