Publications

PUBLISHED SOLE AUTHORED BOOKS

G.M.T Emezue. Mastering Poetry: A New Approach for Nigerian Student. Enugu: Del Books, 2002.

 

----------. Comparative Approach to African Dirge Poetry, USA: Progeny International and Del Books, 2001.

 

 

EDITED BOOKS

Emezue, G.M.T and Maurice Kangel (eds). Gender and Governance.  Journal of Contemporary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. No 2. 2014.

 

Emezue, G.M.T, Inge Kosch and Maurice Kangel (eds.). Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in honour of Professor Austin Chukwu. USA: HPC Books, 2014.

 

Emezue G.M.T and Charles Smith [eds]. New Black African Writing: A Critical Anthology Vol. 1. UK: African Books Network, 2009.

 

----------. [ed.] Critical Supplement (A) 2 Onuora Ossie Enekwe. Morrisville(USA):  Press, 2008.

 

----------. (ed.) Selection of American Short Stories. Enugu: Hanprece Publishers, 2007.

 

----------.(ed. ) A Survey of American Literature. Enugu: Del Books, 2004.

 

----------. [ed.] Contemporary Writing, Enugu: Del Books, 2004

 

----------. [ed.] Contemporary English, Enugu: Del Books, 2004.

 

----------. [ed.] New Voices: A Collection of Recent Nigerian Poetry, Morrisville(USA): Lualu Press, 2003.

 

PEER REVIEWED PAPERS IN SPECIAL EDITION BOOKS AND JOURNALS

Emezue, G.M.T. "Stylizing Contemporary Post-Colonial African Poetry: The Rhetoric of Boasts and Curses." Feryal Cubucku (ed.).  Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences, Elsevier/ScienceDirect Journals, Vol 158, 2014. 100-106.

 

Emezue, G.M.T. and Neal Hall. "Covert Racism and Colour-coded Subterfuges: Black Issues in 21^st Century America. Gmt Emezue, Inge Kosch and Maurice Kangel (eds). Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in honour of Professor Austin Chukwu. USA: HPC Books, 2014. 13 – 29.

 

Emezue, G.M.T., Sylvanus Oko and Udodinma Chukwu. "Prof Austin Chukwu: The Man and his Opinions". Gmt Emezue, Inge Kosch and Maurice Kangel (eds). Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in honour of Professor Austin Chukwu. USA: HPC Books, 2014. xiii – xxiii.

 

----------. "Peter Onwudinjo" (Compendium entry) Ebele Eko (ed.). Masterpieces of African Literature. Lagos: Mace Books, 2014. 611 – 617.

 

----------. "Cultural Outcasts and sexual rebels: Dialogizing Women's Dignity in Peter Onwudinjo's Songs of Fireplace and Because I'm woman." Gmt Emezue, Inge Kosch and Maurice Kangel (eds). Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in honour of Professor Austin Chukwu. USA: HPC Books, 2014. 512 – 526.

 

----------. "Dialogues and Experimentations with Indigenous Structures in Contemporary African Poetry." Francis O. Egbokhare, Isaac O.Albert, Bola Udegbe, Folake Onayemi and Obododinma Oha (eds). Journal of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan: Humanistic Confluence. Vol 37, Nos 1 & 2, 2013. 40 – 56.

 

----------. "Self and Nature: The Cean Dialogues." Reuben Makayiko Chirambo and J.K.S Makohka (eds). Reading Contemporary African Literature: Critical Perspectives. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2013. 309-334.

 

----------. "Post-Colonial Engagements and Countervails in Nigerian Poetry since the 60s."  Imoh Abang Emenyi (ed). Journal of Nigerian English and Literature. Volume 9, Jan 2013. 148 – 162.

 

----------.  "English Language Usage and Nigerian Online Journalism: Are we in danger of entrenching sub-standard Language Variety?" Jonathan Aliede (ed.) Journal of Contemporary Communication. Vol 1 May 2012. 48 – 62.

 

----------. "Interanimation and Unfinalizability in Onwudinjo, Ce and Otobotekere's Poetry." Chinyere Nwahunnaya (ed). From boom to doom: Protest and Conflict Resolution in the Literature of the Niger Delta. Owerri: Springfield Publishers, 2011. 441 – 453.

 

----------. "Mutant Cultures and Postcolonial Hybridity: The Poetry of Niyi Osundare, Ossie Enekwe and Chin Ce." Egodi Uchendu, Pat Okpoko and Edlyne Anugwom (eds.). Perspectives on Leadership in Africa. Nsukka: Afro-Orbis Publications Limited, 2010. 327-352.

----------. "The Stimulus of (Post Colonial) Violence: Literary Discourse with Poet Peter Onwudinjo." Post Colonial Text, Vol 5, N0 1, 2009. Online Journal.

          http://postcolonialtext.org/index.php/pct/issue/view/26/showtoc

 

----------. "Complementary Realism: Achebe, Ce." New Black African Writing: A Critical Anthology Vol. 1. GMT Emezue (ed.). UK: African Books Network, 2009.237-60.

 

----------. "Re-interrogation and Summons: Enekwe's PostColoial Dialogue in Marching to Klimanjaro.  A Mine of Thoughts and Letters: Essays in African Theatre and Literature in Honour of Onuora Ossie Enekwe. Emmanuel Calvin Emasealu, Ezechi Onyerionwu, Chris Ngozi Nkoro (eds). Nigeria: ANA, 2009. 98 – 113.

 

----------. and Irene Marques "Poetry is always a kind of Music" (Literary Discourse with Caribbean Poet Kei Miller) AB Amoah and Kizito Brown (eds.) Poetry and Music. Journal of New Poetry. No 6. UK: African Books Collective and Lualu Press, 2009. 169-195.

 

----------. "Dominant Images in Enekwe's Poetry." G.M.T Emezue ed. Critical supplement (A) 2 Onuora Ossie Enekwe, Morrisville(USA): Lualu Press, 2008. 57-90.

 

----------. "Francophone Poetry and the Other Half of History" (Book Review) Rhythms of Conflict.  Journal of African Poetry. No 5. A Publication of International Research Confederacy on African Literature and Culture (IRCALC). 2008. 139-148.

 

----------. "A Sacred Endeavor" (Book Review) G.M.T Emezue ed. Critical Supplement (A) 2 Onuora Ossie Enekwe, Morrisville(USA): Lulu Press, 2008. 146-170.

 

----------. "Failed Heroes and Failed Memories: Between V.S. Naipaul's Biswas and Mongo Beti's Medza" International Journal of African Literature and Culture IRCALC- JALC No.3, 2006. 133-151.

 

----------. "Communication and African Literature" Trado-Modern Communication Systems. Ikechukwu Nwosu and Ify Nsude ed. Enugu: Immaculate Publications, 2006. 297-310.

 

----------. "Functionalism and Aesthetics in African Literature" Literary Discourse with Nigerian poet Ossie Enekwe. Charles Smith (Ed.) Africa Literary Journal ALJ B5 2005. 36-54.

 

----------. "History, Vision and Craft in New Nigerian Poetry" New Nigerian Poetry Journal. 2005. 27-43.

 

----------. "Critics of the New Poetry": (Literary Discourse with Guest Nigerian poet Chin Ce) New Nigerian Poetry Journal.2005. 129-156.

 

----------. "English Vowel Sounds" Contemporary English, Emezue, GMT ed. Enugu: Del Books, 2004. 12-24

 

----------. "Research Procedure & Documentation" Contemporary English, Emezue, GMT ed. Enugu: Del Books, 2004. 144-165.

 

----------. "An Approach to Poetry" Contemporary Writing, Emezue, GMT ed. Enugu: Del Books, 2004. 62-82.

 

----------. "Oral English Skills" Contemporary Writing, Emezue, GMT ed. Enugu: Del Books, 2004. 1- 11.

 

----------. "Children in the Wilderness: A Discourse on Children's Literature with (writer) Anezi Okoro" The African Literary Journal of Arts & Culture, B4, 2003. 41-59.

 

----------. "Aesthetics of Black Nationalism: The Harlem Experience" Africa and World Literature Journal, University of Nigeria Nsukka, 2002. 35-47.

 

----------. "The Tragic Inspiration in African Poetry" Ebonyi Journal of Humanities, 2002. 65-79.

 

----------. "The New Poetry of Intra-personal and Inter-personal Concourse: A study of Naked Testimonies and Full Moon." Okike: An African Journal of New Writing No. 46, October 2000. 68-80.

 

PUBLISHED BOOK INTRODUCTIONS AND PREFACES

Emezue G.M.T. and Maurice Kangel (eds). "Introduction" Gender and Governance.  Journal of Contemporary Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. No 2. 2014.

 

----------."Introduction." Gmt Emezue, Inge Kosch and Maurice Kangel (eds). Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in honour of Professor Austin Chukwu. USA: HPC Books, 2014. ix - xii.

 

----------. "The Wonder of the Niger" My River: Poems on Riverine Ecology. C. Otobotekere. UK: African Books Network, 2010.

 

---------- and Charles Smith. "Introducing the critical anthology" Vol 1 New Black African Writing: A Critical Anthology Vol 1. Eds. Charles Smith and GMT Emezue. UK: African Books Network, 2009. 24-26.

 

----------. "Poetry and Music in Africa" Journal of New Poetry. No 6. A Publication of International Research Confederacy on African Literature and Culture. Morrisville(USA): Lualu Press, 2009. 7-9

 

----------. "Introduction" The African Journal of New Poetry 5. A Publication of International Research Confederacy on African Literature and Culture. Morrisville(USA):  Press, 2008. 7-9

 

----------. "In this edition" Introduction to 2005 edition of New Nigerian Poetry Journal. Morrisvile(USA):  Lualu Press, 2005. 1-2.

 

----------. ""Introduction". A Survey of American Literature. Ed. G.M.T Emezue. Enugu: Del Books, 2004.

 

----------. "Preface" Contemporary Writing, Emezue, GMT ed. Enugu: Del Books, 2004. ix – v.

 

----------. ""Introduction". G.M.T Emezue [ed.] New Voices: A Collection of Recent Nigerian Poetry, Morrisville(USA): Lualu Press, 2003.

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS PRESENTED

Emezue, G.M.T. "Shakespeare and 21^st Century Africa." Paper presented at William Shakespeare's 400 years anniversary organized by the Department of English and Literary Studies, at Salvator Mundi Hall, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, 28-27^th May 2016.

 

----------. Lead Paper Presenter of the paper "Sustainable Hybrid Art Forms and Sustainable Hybrid Languages for a Sustainable Hybrid Earth" at Annual Conference of Faculty of Arts organized by Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, 4^th – 7^th June 2013.

 

---------."Dialogues and Experimentations with Indigenous Structures in Contemporary African Poetry." Paper presented at the African Humanities Proposal preparation Workshop organized by Office of International Programmes, University of Ibadan, 15-20 June 2012.

 

………. "Post Colonial Engagements and Countervails in Nigerian Poetry since the 60s." Presented at University of Uyo Conference on "Language, Literature and Criticism" since the 1960s" (UCOLL) (in honour of Professor David Eka). Organized by Department of English, University of Uyo, March 23 – 26, 2011.

 

………. "After p'Bitek and Okigbo: Experimentations with indigenous structures in contemporary African Poetry." Presented at International Conference on "Indigenous Knowledge and Global Changes in Africa: The Challenges of the 21^st century." Organized by Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. 6^th – 8^th June, 2011.

 

………. "Mutant Cultures and Postcolonial Hybridity: The poetic Countervails of Niyi Osundare, Ossie Enekwe and Chin Ce." A conference on "Leadership Values in Africa." Organized by the Faculty of Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. December 2009.

 

………. "Dialogizing the Millennium Woman: A Study of Peter Onwudinjo's Songs of the Fire Place and Because am Woman." Conference on "Women and Millennium Development Goals" Organized by National Association of Women in Academics (NAWACS) University of Port Harcourt Chapter, Port Harcourt, March 2008

 

………. "From Agricultural to the Industrial: Visions of Changing society in Literature." Conference on Agriculture, Industrialization and Environment by African Council for Communication Education, Owerri, August 2006.

 

………. "Communication, Literature and Environment: An Environmentalist Reading of Anezi Okoro's 'Melanoma", Conference on Communication and Environment organized by African Council for Communication Education, Ibadan Aug. 2004.

 

……….. "Values of Displacement: A Mythic study of Walcott's T-Jean and his Brothers. Africa and World Literature Conference, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 2002.

 

……….Alien Citizens: A Comparative Study of Black Boy and Children of Koloko" American Studies Association of Nigeria (ASAN) Conference, Calabar, July 2002.