Diala Diala
Biographic Data
| ID | 5604091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diala Diala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diala |
| FAMILY NAME | Diala |
| SIGNATURE | DIALA D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Nigeria Prize for Literature and Current Nigerian Writing
Established in 2004 by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the Nigeria Prize for Literature is in its sixteenth year of administration. Currently valued at $100,000, its material reward is phenomenal in the Nigerian economy, with the exchange rate outrageously in favor of the dollar. Even more crucially, the prize has risen in its symbolic value from its initial focus on revamping the quality of publishing in the country to become arguably the …
A Writers' Body and the Nigerian Literary Tradition
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) inaugurated on June 27, 1981 at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, by Chinua Achebe celebrated her thirty-fifth anniversary in 2016. The occasion called for a reflection on the Nigerian literary tradition and on the burdens of current Nigerian writing. It also demanded an appraisal of the roles of the ANA as a body of writers in the formalization or even canonization of the literary tradition in Nigeria i…
Okigbo's Drum Elegies
This article appraises Ben Obumselu's examination of Christopher Okigbo's conception of his poetry as music as particularly insightful. Okigbo's intent to make a music of words, evident in his denunciation of poetry of denotative statements, and reverent invocation of his favorite impressionist composers, and of Stéphane Mallarmé as models or even Muses notwithstanding, Obumselu discerns an underlying reference in every poem to events of Okigbo's…
Esiaba Irobi's Legacy
Esiaba Irobi's Legacy:Theory and Practice of Postcolonial Performance Isidore Diala By the death of Esiaba Irobi (1960-2010) on 3 May 2010, contemporary African theater lost a distinguished playwright, stage director, actor, literary theorist, and scholar. Educated at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and at the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds, both in England, Irobi's specialization was drama, film and theater studies. Theat…
Okigbo's Drum Elegies
This article appraises Ben Obumselu's examination of Christopher Okigbo's conception of his poetry as music as particularly insightful. Okigbo's intent to make a music of words, evident in his denunciation of poetry of denotative statements, and reverent invocation of his favorite impressionist composers, and of Stéphane Mallarmé as models or even Muses notwithstanding, Obumselu discerns an underlying reference in every poem to events of Okigbo's…
The Nigeria Prize for Literature and Current Nigerian Writing
Established in 2004 by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the Nigeria Prize for Literature is in its sixteenth year of administration. Currently valued at $100,000, its material reward is phenomenal in the Nigerian economy, with the exchange rate outrageously in favor of the dollar. Even more crucially, the prize has risen in its symbolic value from its initial focus on revamping the quality of publishing in the country to become arguably the …
A Writers' Body and the Nigerian Literary Tradition
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) inaugurated on June 27, 1981 at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, by Chinua Achebe celebrated her thirty-fifth anniversary in 2016. The occasion called for a reflection on the Nigerian literary tradition and on the burdens of current Nigerian writing. It also demanded an appraisal of the roles of the ANA as a body of writers in the formalization or even canonization of the literary tradition in Nigeria i…
Esiaba Irobi's Legacy
Esiaba Irobi's Legacy:Theory and Practice of Postcolonial Performance Isidore Diala By the death of Esiaba Irobi (1960-2010) on 3 May 2010, contemporary African theater lost a distinguished playwright, stage director, actor, literary theorist, and scholar. Educated at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and at the University of Sheffield and the University of Leeds, both in England, Irobi's specialization was drama, film and theater studies. Theat…
Okigbo's Drum Elegies
This article appraises Ben Obumselu's examination of Christopher Okigbo's conception of his poetry as music as particularly insightful. Okigbo's intent to make a music of words, evident in his denunciation of poetry of denotative statements, and reverent invocation of his favorite impressionist composers, and of Stéphane Mallarmé as models or even Muses notwithstanding, Obumselu discerns an underlying reference in every poem to events of Okigbo's…
A Writers' Body and the Nigerian Literary Tradition
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) inaugurated on June 27, 1981 at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, by Chinua Achebe celebrated her thirty-fifth anniversary in 2016. The occasion called for a reflection on the Nigerian literary tradition and on the burdens of current Nigerian writing. It also demanded an appraisal of the roles of the ANA as a body of writers in the formalization or even canonization of the literary tradition in Nigeria i…
The Nigeria Prize for Literature and Current Nigerian Writing
Established in 2004 by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the Nigeria Prize for Literature is in its sixteenth year of administration. Currently valued at $100,000, its material reward is phenomenal in the Nigerian economy, with the exchange rate outrageously in favor of the dollar. Even more crucially, the prize has risen in its symbolic value from its initial focus on revamping the quality of publishing in the country to become arguably the …
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work)