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Books
(2017) Gender, Performance and Communication. African Ikeji Mask Festivals Aro and Diaspora. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press
(2015) Ikeji Festival Theater of
the Aro and Diaspora: Gender, Mask and Communication. Lagos: University of
Lagos Press.
(2012) New Toyi Toyi
(Nigerian edition) Kraft Books Limited, Ibadan, Nigeria
(2010) In Her Own Voice: Agnes
Okafor Tells Her Stories. Online. Wichits Stste University.
(2008) It Grows In Winter and Other Poems. (Trenton, NJ: Africa World
Press)
(2007) The New Toyi
Toyi (play) (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press)
(1996) He Wants To Marry
Me Again and Other Stories (Ibadan: Kraftgriots).
(1996. The Lion And The Iroko (Ibadan:
Kraftgriots).
(1996) From Earth’s Bed Chamber:
A Collection of Poems (Ibadan: Kraftgriots).
(1996) Campus Palavar and Other
Plays (Ibadan: Kraftgriots).
Journal Articles and Chapter Contributions In Books
(2018) “Dropped
Doreen Rides High with Jabulani” – Story in Payback and Other stories. Ed. Toni
Adeaga and S. Udoh-Grossfurthner (Zurich: LIT VeVERLAG,):134-146.
(2018) “Mirrors
for Class Journal” in Story Star (online Journal): 7 pages.
(2015) 2015 “Editorial: Engaging African Gender Inequality Through Formal and Informal Education.” Journal of International Gender Studies (JIGS) 10: vi-x.
(2014) “Diary of An American Woman: First of a Three-Part Story called This Africa in My Dream” Irinkerindo: a journal of african migration. Issue 7: 76-111
(2013) Omumu Concept of Begetting: A Pro-feminist Lesson from Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.” In Words for a Small Planet. Ed. Nanette Norris (New Lanham: Lexington Books): 127-138.
(2013) “Female
Power: Cornerstone or Central Subject in Igbo Mask Performance.” In A Survey Of
The Igbo
(2012) “Womanhood in Igbo Cosmology: Intersections in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.” In Achebe’s Women: Imagism and Power. Ed. Helen Chukwuma (Trenton: Africa World Press): 3-24.
(2012) “Womanhood in Igbo Cosmology: Intersections in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.” In Achebe’s Women: Imagism and Power. Ed. Helen Chukwuma (Trenton: Africa World Press): 3-24.
(2011)
“Black Professor,
Africa, and Whiteness in Women’s Studies Classes: Personal Story of Pedagogical
Engagement and Conflict Resolution.”
In Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the Twenty First Century. Ed. Mirza,
M. and David Hussey (C-SAP Monograph No. 14): 237-261.
(2010) “Womanhood in Igbo Cosmology: Intersections in Chinua Achebe’s Thing’s Fall Apart.” In Achebe’s Women: Imagism and Power Ed. Helen Chukwuma Accepted for Publication (Trenton: Africa World Press).
(2009). “Female Power: Corner Stone or Central Subject in Igbo Mask Performance.” Emergent Themes and Methods in African Studies: Essays in Honor of Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo Ed., Falola, T and Adam Paddock. No compensation. (Trenton: Africa World Press): 431-446
(2008) “Militant Femininity in Southern African Poetry: A Discussion of Selected Poems by Micere Mugo and Gladys Thomas.” In Power and Nationalism. Ed., Falola, Toyin and S. Hassan (Durham: Carolina Academic Press), pp. 435-450. (2007) “Global encounters: Barbie in Nigerian Agbogho-mmuo mask context.” Journal of African Cultural Studies. Vol. 19, No. 1. 37-54.
(2006) “Female
Power: Corner Stone or Central Subject in Igbo Mask Performance.” Accepted for
publication in a book, A Survey of Igbo Nation edited by G. E. K.
Ofomata (University of Nigeria, Nsukka).
(2003)
"Location and Separateness in African and African-American Drama...” Postcolonial
Perspective on Women Writers from Africa, the Caribbean, and the US. Ed.,
Japtok, Martin (Trenton: Africa World Press), pp. 319-343.
(2002) “La
Litterature africaine et le beauvoirisme: example d’ ‘action’ de femmes et
d’ecrivaines” In Delphy, Christine and Sylvia Chaperon, Cinquantenaire Du
Deuxieme Sexe (Paris: Syllepse), pp. 259-268. For the English version,
click 
http://soar.wichita.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10057/1266/Beauvoir.pdf?sequence=1
(2001) “Beyond
Child Abuse.” In Eye to Eye: Women Practicing Development Across
Cultures. Ed. Schench, Celeste, and Susan Perry (London: Zed Press),
pp. 259-276.
(2001) “Ogini’s Choice: A Novella in Ten parts.” Englishes: Literature Inglesi Contemporanee. No 15 ANNO 5, pp. 105-139.
(2000) “Ogini’s
Choice,” Also published In The Quest For Democracy: Writings on Nigerian
Literature in English. Ed. Rosati, F. (Pescara, Italy: Libreria
Dell’Universita Editrice), pp. 199-237.
(1998) “Vincent
Chukwuemeka Ike” In Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical
Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Parekh, Pushpa and Siga Jagne (Westport:
Greenwood), pp. 221-227.
(1998) “Festus
Ikhuoria Ojeaka Iyayi.” In Postcolonial African Writers: A
Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Parekh, Pushpa and Siga
Jagne (Westport: Greenwood), pp. 234-240
(1997) “Gender
Politics in West African Mask Performance.” Writing African Women: Gender,
Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa. Ed. Newell, Stephanie
(London: Zed Books), pp. 157-169.
(1997) “Rewriting
Popular Myths of Female Subordination: Selected Stories by Theodora
Adimora‑Ezeigbo and May Ifeoma Nwoye.” Writing West African Women:
Gender, Popular Culture and Literature in West Africa. Ed. Newell,
Stephanie (London: Zed Books), pp. 81-94.
(1996) “The Dramatization of Heroism in Igbo Festivals.” UNISWA
Research Journal (Univ. of Swaziland), Vol. 10, pp. 56-68.
(1996) "Theatrical Negotiation of Transformation in No
More The Wasted Breed." Femi Osofisan: Interpretative Essays I.
Ed. Awodiya, Muyiwa (Ibadan: Kraft Books), pp. 119-128.
(1995) “Bus Ride With Madam Osaigbovo.” A Story in The
Potter and Other Stories (Ibadan: African Studies Publication), pp. 39-51.
(1994) “Theatrical Construction Of Trial As A Technique in The
Trial of Dedan Kimathi." JMLAN: A Publication of the Modern
Languages Association of Nigeria, Vol. 2, pp. 58-64.
(1994) "From the Heart of
Masculinity: Ogbodo Uke Women's Masking." Research in African Literatures (The Ohio State University), Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 7-17.
(1993) "A Comparative Study of J. P. Clark's The
Masquerade and Efua Sutherland's Foriwa." Commonwealth:
Essays and Studies (Universite de Bourgogne, France), Vo l. 16, No. 1., pp
89-95.
(1993) "Review of Gods, Oracles, and Divinations
by Kalu Ogba." Research in African Literatures (The Ohio State
University), Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 129-132.
(1992) "Power and Empowerment in African Mask
Performance." Africa Notes (Cornell University), pp. 8-9.
(1992) "The Rejected Corner Stone: Women in Igbo Mask
Theater." Africana Studies and Research Center Newsletter (Cornell
University), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 19-23, and 27-31.
(1992) "The Search for Gold Finger." Short Story
in The Literary Review (Fairleigh Dickinson University), Vol. 34, No. 4,
pp. 551-553.
(1991) “Behind the Inscrutable Wonder: The Dramaturgy of the Mask Performer in Traditional African Society.” Research In African Literatures (The Ohio State University), Vol. 22, No. 4. pp. 39-52.
(1990) “Ola Rotimi: The Man, the
Playwright, and the producer on the Nigerian Theater Scene.” World Literature Today
Winter (1990):24-29.
(1989) "Of Spooks and Virile Men: Patterns of Response
to Imperialism in Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Trial of Dedan Kimathi."
Commonwealth: Essays and Studies (Universite de Bourgogne, France), Vol.
2, pp. 87-93.
Amankulor, J. N. and Okafor, Chinyere G. (1988) "Continuity and
Change in Traditional Nigerian Theatre among the Igbo in the Era of Colonial Politics." Ufahamu (University of California,
LA), Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 35-50.
Okafor, Chinyere G. (1986) "Aro Diaspora: A Cultural
and Historical Overview." Arochukwu History and Culture. Ed.
Ijoma, J. O. (Enugu: Fourth Dimension), pp. 113-137.
(1986) "Ama Ata Aidoo: Anowa" Okike:
Educational Supplement, No. 4., pp. 137-146.
(1983) "Creating Awareness through Shock Drama: The
Example of Osofisan's Four Robbers." Journal of Nigerian Theatre
Artistes, Vol. I, No. 1., pp. 9-16.
(1981) "A Woman Is Not A Stone but A Human Being: Women
in the Plays of Aidoo and Sutherland." Medium and Message
(University of Calabar), Vol. 1, pp. 165-177.
(1980)
"Parallelism versus Influence in African Literature...." Kiabara:
Journal of Humanities (University of Port‑Harcourt), Vol. 1, pp.
113-131.
Other works and compositions
(2018) “Mirrors
for Class Journal.”
https://www.storystar.com/story/15689/chinyere-g-okafor/fiction/drama-interest-2
(2013). Beloved Queen Echo” StoryStar –
Fiction for Adults http://www.storystar.com/php/read_story.php?story_id=2017
(2010) In Her Own Voice: Agnes Okafor Tells
Her Stories (Collection of Interviews and Stories). (Okafor was the Collector
and Primary Author).
(2010) “No Rose without Thorns” StoryStar -
True Life Fiction http://www.storystar.com/php/read_story.php?story_id=1571
(2006) “Terrible Beauty of
Masks From Around the World.”
Review of MASKS from Around the World by Garth
Darl. Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing
(20003)
“Gazing At Wide Country.” Poetry and Prose In National Association of Women
writers Weekly, September 15.
(2001)
“Foreword.” Achebe the Orator by Chinwe Christianan Okechukwu. Westport:
Greenwood press, 2001. Not refereed. No compensation.
(2001) “Sire That
Yells,” “One Nation,” and “One Tough Head.” In Englishes:Literature
Inglesi Contemporanee (Italy), No 15 ANNO 5, pp. 103-104.
(2001)
Eight Poems published in the “Arts and Columns” section of The Maine
Progressive: a Journal of Politics and Culture.
<http://www.maineprogressive.org/022002/other_poems.html>
(2000)
“Millenium Note” with republication of “Sire That Yells,” “One
Nation,” “One Tough Head.” In Englishes: Literature Inglesi
Contemporanee (Italy), No 10 ANNO 4, pp. 38-40
(1999)
“Chains of Light,” and “My Love Grows in Winter.” TurfWRITE: A Creative Writing
Journal. (South Africa). Vol. 2, pp. 102-103.
(1997)
“Umsenge Tree,” and “Forests of Guava.” Weekend Observer (Swaziland), p. 10.
(1996) “Counterattack,”
and “Maliyaduma Veld.” Poems in Tyume: Fort Hare Journal of Creative Writing
(South Africa), No. 1.
(1994) “Mother
and Child.” The Evangelist (Nigeria). December. 2 pages.
1994)
"Potsherds (for Winnie Mandela)" "Crow After Hen,"
"For Arthur At Coronation (on the eve of Mandela's inauguration). Poems in
Africa Update (CCSU African Studies Newsletter, U.S.A.) No. 3. pp. 6‑7.
“Silver Cross For
Dundon.,’ “Tribute…” and “Christmas in the Rains.” Fathers (Periodical
Magazine) (Nigeria).
(1993)
"Colors of My Country," "From Charles, the Cloths‑Maker,"
and “Forced Festival." Poems in Images: The Scholar's Release
(Salisbury, U.S.A.), 2: 1‑3, pp. 26‑27.
SELECTED CITATIONS
Journal articles and book chapters
Afolayan, Bosede F. “New Toyi-Toyi
Trope: Chinyere Okafor and the Redemption of the African Society.” Ihafa: A
Journal of African Studies 6.1, 2013.
Udengwu, Ngozi. Contemporary Nigerian Female
Playwrights: A Study in Ideology and Themes. Lambert Saarbrücken: Academic
Publishing, 2012.
Awodiya, Muyiwa P. “Uncelebrated
Heroes and Heroines of Nigerian Drama.” In African Literature at the
Millennium
Vol. 13, Ed. African Literature Association, University of
Kansas, Lawrence,
2007: 230-233.
Opara, Chioma. “Echoes of the Whip in Chinyere Okafor’s He
Wants To Marry Me Again and Zaynab Alkali’s Cobwebs and other Stories.” In Opara, C. Her Mother’s Daughter: the
African Writer As Woman. Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press, 2005:
117-130.
1998. Dunton, Chris. “Okafor, Chinyere Grace,” In
Nigerian Theater in English: A Critical Bibliography. London: Hans Zell
Publishers, pp.162-169.
Cormellini, Carla. “Postcolonial
Motifs and Themes in Chinyere Grace Okafor’s Poetry and Ogini’s Choice”
Englishes: Literature Inglesi Contemporane (Italy). No 15 ANNO 5, pp. 91-102,
140-142, 2001.
Schenck, Celeste and Susan Perry,
“EPILOGUE: Resisting Development.” In
Eye to Eye: Women Practicing Development Across Cultures. London: Zed Press, 2001,
pp. 257-8.
Cormellini,
Carla. “A Bio-Bibliographical Profile of Chinyere Grace Okafor.” Englishes:
Literature Inglesi Contemporanee
(Italy). No 10 ANNO 4, 2000, pp. 41-43.
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Newspapers and Magazines
Alakam, Japhet. Okafor unravels the
mystery of the Ikeji Mask (Nov. 21, 2015.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/okafor-unravels-the-mystery-of-ikeji-mask-performance/
Oluwakoya,
Paul. “The Trouble with Nigeria – Critics. The Nation Newspaper (May 23, 2012).
http://issuu.com/thenation/docs/may_23__2012
http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/arts/life-midweek-magazine/47474-the-trouble-with-nigeria
critics.html
Orie, Michael. “Things Fall Apart ... Africa’s
masculinity as bane of real politicks.” The guardian (May 18, 2012).
http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86418:things-fall-apart-africas-masculinity-as-bane-of-real-politicks&catid=74:arts&Itemid=683
B. D. Tharp. “Making a Difference in
the Community.” Women’s Focus Magazine, Feb. 2008.
Dean, Jenny. “Poet shows that
scholasticism, art, and fiery wrath prove happy companions.” The Colby Echo,
April 13, 2007.
Hoffman, Marsha. “Magdalen Family
Focus.” Magdalen Messenger (Newsletter of the Church of the Magdalen, Wichita,
KS), Vol. 1, No. 6, May/June 2007.
“USM plans to keep current with a
multicultural world.” Maine Sunday Telegram. September 2, 2002.
Nnaemeka, Obi. “OKAFOR, Chinyere
Grace.” Encyclopedia of World Lit. in the 20th Century. Vol. 3: L-R, 1999.
1999. Ngcobo, Johnson. “The Play with emotions.”
The Swazi News (Swaziland). March 6. 1999.
“The Lion and the mighty iroko tree
- Review of Okafor’s The Lion and the Iroko.” Nigerian Tribune. September 1996,
Living and Development page.
“Drama and state of the nation.”
Nigerian Tribune. June 19, Living and Development page, 1996.
Abiola, A. “Theatre at UNIBEN main
auditorium.” The Observer (Nigeria), April 15, 1995, p. 7.
“Chinyere Okafor Gets Award.”
UNIBENEWS (Nigeria). Vol. 2. No. 17., 1995. p.11.
“Graceful Writer from the Fringe.”
PMNews(Nigeria), November 21 1994.
Ige, Taye. “Unrepentant
Feminist.” TheWeek (Nigeria). December
19, 1994.
Ojo, Godwin. “The Destiny of this
nation is in our hands: Review of Okafor’s Play Performance.” Kampuswatch
(Nigeria). Vol. 1, No. 6 (1993), p. 28.
Omatseye, Sam, “For A Just Society,”
Arts Magazine (Nigeria), 1993, p.B2.
“Chinyere Okafor.” Crown Prince (Nigaria). January 1991, p. 44.
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