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Chukwuemeka Ekemezie
Dr. Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian-born poet resident in Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America. He obtained his doctoral degree in English from University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria (2009). His doct...view moreDr. Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian-born poet resident in Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America. He obtained his doctoral degree in English from University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria (2009). His doctoral thesis focused on the writings of the late Bessie Head, a South African fiction writer. In addition, Dr. Ekemezie holds MA in Communication from Bethel University, Saint Paul (2010), MA in English from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1988), and BA in English from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1983).
Before coming to United States, Dr. Ekemezie worked at Greensprings School, Lagos, Nigeria, an international institution, where he taught IGCSE English as a Second Language and IGCSE Literature, as well as Advanced Subsidiary (AS) and Advanced Level (AL) Literature. Since coming to United States, Dr. Ekemezie has taught Composition at Northwestern College, and is currently an Adjunct faculty member of Minneapolis Community & Technical College, where he teaches College English.
The author has contributed to a collection of literary essays by Patrick Oloko (2008), and has had some of his poems published in an anthology, Poets in Their Youth, edited by Uche Nduka and Osita Ike (1988) .
Web marks the first time Dr. Ekemezie is publishing most of his poems in one collection. Web covers a wide spectrum of themes that have practical interpersonal and political relevance in contemporary times, regardless of geographic or cultural orientations. As such, Web deals rhetorically with issues of corruption and betrayal of trust among political leaders in Nigeria.
The wanton killings that occur daily in Nigeria, unchecked, and evidences of inter-ethnic and inter-religious distrust, bolster the need today for genuine and unfiltered dialogue among the ethnic groups in Nigeria. Indeed, Web articulates these yearnings for genuine communication and communal healing across the land. Further, the collection offers a template for healthy interpersonal relationships. Some of the poems also vividly capture some historical events in Nigeria, and in Africa, which have had tragic implications.
At the personal level, a few of the poems in Web provide an emotional compass for those feeling the throes of reversals, betrayals, and angst. Equally, Web contains a handful of poems that explore religious and spiritual puzzles in such a way as to arrive at wholesome closure. Then there are poems in the collection that are at once lyrical expressions of blissful transport and sardonic intimations of wilting pain from dyadic relationships.
Dr. Ekemezie is married, and has three boys. He likes reading, writing, and traveling.view less