Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi

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Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi
Born1939
OccupationUniversity teacher
Literary movementWomanism
Notable worksAfrica Wo/man Palava: The Nigerian novel by women (1996)

Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (born 1939) is a Nigerian academic, a literary critic and writer. She taught at Sarah Lawrence College and she is best known for her articles and books concerning the theory of Womanism and the African Diaspora.[1]

Career[]

Ogunyemi published Africa Wo/man Palava: The Nigerian novel by women in 1996. The book examined the work of eight Nigerian women writers, namely Zaynab Alkali, Simi Bedford, Buchi Emecheta, , Flora Nwapa, , Ifeoma Okoye, and Adaora Lily Ulasi. Ogunyemi set out a new theory of Nigerian literature based on their works.[2] This theory was womanist and feminist, but Ogunyemi also noted that naming is a political issue and by labelling a theory she was not pigeon-holing the writers.[3] Alongside other critics such as and Omolara Ogundipe-Leslie, Ogunyemi explored postcolonial ideas and argued against the work of "phallic critics".[4]

Ogunyemi was professor of literature and also chair of global studies at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.[5] In collaboration with Tuzyline Jita Allan, Ogunyemi edited an anthology of essays called Twelve Best Books by African Women: Critical Readings which was published in 2009.[6]

Selected works[]

  • Allan, Tuzyline Jita; Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo (2009). Twelve best books by African women : critical readings. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-89680-266-7.
  • Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo (2007). Juju Fission: Women’s Alternative Fictions from the Sahara, the Kalahari, and the Oases In-Between. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1-4331-0089-5.
  • Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo (1996). Africa wo/man palava: The Nigerian novel by women. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226620855.
  • Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo (1985). "Womanism: The Dynamics of the Contemporary Black Female Novel in English". Signs. 11 (1): 63–80. doi:10.1086/494200. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3174287.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  2. ^ "Africa Wo/Man Palava". University of Chicago Press. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Oduyoye, Mercy (April 2001). Introducing African women's theology. Sheffield Academic Press. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9780567622501.
  4. ^ Nnolim, Charles E. (2010). Issues in African literature. Malthouse Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-9788422365.
  5. ^ "Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi · Ohio University Press / Swallow Press". www.ohioswallow.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ Mukherjee, Sreemati (1 July 2010). "Twelve Best Books by African Women: Critical Readings. Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi and Tuzyline Jita Allan". Contemporary Women's Writing. 4 (2): 156–158. doi:10.1093/cwwrit/vpq005. ISSN 1754-1484.

Further reading[]

  • Arndt, Susan (1 April 2000). "African Gender Trouble and African Womanism: An Interview with Chikwenye Ogunyemi and Wanjira Muthoni". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 25 (3): 709–726. doi:10.1086/495479. ISSN 0097-9740.
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