Dr. IDEGWU CLEMENT CHUKWUKA
Name Dr. IDEGWU CLEMENT CHUKWUKA
Post/Status SENIOR LECTURER
Email clement.idegwu@unidel.edu.ng
Telephone 8033820192
Nationalty NIGERIA
Background Dr. Clement Chukwuka Idegwu lectures at the Department
of Languages, English and Literary Studies Unit, Faculty of
Arts, University of Delta, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria. He
was born on 21st August 1963. He is married with children.
He is from Alihame in Ika South Local Government Area of
Delta State. He holds a Ph.D English 2014 from Ambrose
Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State. He had his M.A.
(English) 1999 and B. A. Ed. (English) 1994 from the
University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria. In 1987, he
obtained his National Certificate in Education (NCE)
English/History from College of Education, Agbor, Delta
State. He attended Gbenoba Grammar School, Agbor, and
had his School Certificate in 1983. Clement Chukwuka Idegwu is the Vice
Chancellor’s Representative at Owa-Alero Campus, University of Delta, Agbor,
Delta State. The Campus is made of two Faculties; Faculty of Engineering and
Faculty of Sciences. These Faculties consist of various departments. He is a
seasoned writer, a novelist, poet and scholar. He is published in international and
national journals such as Criterion and Asian Academic Research Journal of Social
Sciences and Humanities. The Worst Devil on Stage and Other Stories (1997) is his
first and published text. His other published works include The Procrustean Creed
and Other Poems (1999), Broken Dreams (2000), Lilies That Fester (2000), Writing
for Special Purpose (2004), My Precious Jewel and Other Stories (2009), Mooning
Our World (2012) , Right to be Angry (2016), Bath of Blood and Other Stories
(2017) and The Vale of Tears and Other Stories (2021). He has been published in
Five Hundred Nigerian Poets, Volume one, edited by Jerry Agada. His Poems “Men
for Worms”, “Cross-Examine” and “Life is a Tempest” have been published in the
Best New Africa Poets 2021 Anthology Edited by Tendal Rinos Nwanaka. Life is a
Tempest is his third collection of poems. “Occupy till I come” published in Best
“New” African Poets 2022 Anthology Anthologies Des Meilleurs “Nouveaux”
Poetes Africains 2022/ Antologia Dos, Melhores “Novos” Africanos 2022. Edited
and complied by: Tendai Rinos Mwamaka Helder Simbad. His Area Of Research
Interest are: Prose, Fiction, Poetry and Drama.
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