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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½

Chigbo Anyaduba

Assistant Professor


Chigbo Anyaduba
Contact Information

Department:

English

Fields:

  • Africa; Genocide Studies
  • Ethics
  • Human Rights
  • Literature / Creative Writing
  • Race

Areas of Expertise:

  • African/African Diaspora Literatures
  • Genocide Studies
  • Postcolonial Studies

Languages Spoken:

  • English
  • Igbo; Nigerian Pidgin

Available To:

  • Appear as a public speaker
  • Provide comment to media
  • Write articles
  • Discuss research with industry, government, and others

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Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba is Assistant Professor of English at The University of Â鶹´«Ã½. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba. Dr. Anyaduba’s teaching and research interests focus broadly on African/African Diaspora literatures. His current research explores the cultural representations of genocides and mass atrocities in Africa. He is the author, most recently, of The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel: Quests for meaningfulness. Dr. Anyaduba is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Manitoba and a J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Fellowship at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for his research on genocides in Nigeria and Rwanda. He serves on the Advisory Board of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.


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