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{{Short description|Nigerian poet, novelist, playwright, musician and film producer}} | |||
'''Fidelis Uchenna Okoro''' (also known as Fidoko) was a Nigerian ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The many talents of Fidelis Okoro – Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/the-many-talents-of-fidelis-okoro/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=dailytrust.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Otosirieze |date=2021-10-17 |title=Remembering Mr. Fidelis Okoro |url=https://otosirieze.com/remembering-mr-fidelis-okoro/#:~:text=Fidelis%20Okoro,%20a%20man%20who,novelist,%20filmmaker,%20and%20musician. |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Otosirieze |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Oluigbo |first=Chuks |date=2021-06-24 |title=Fidoko: The man and his art |url=https://businessday.ng/arts-and-life/article/fidoko-the-man-and-his-art/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Businessday NG |language=en-US}}</ref> His ''When the Bleeding Heart Breaks'' (poetry) is First Runner-Up, ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize, 2006; his ''Pimples and Dimples'' (poetry) is First Runner-Up, ANA/Gabriel Okara Poetry Prize, 2012.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Nation |first=The |date=2021-09-05 |title=Fidelis Uchenna Okoro: Immortalised in Art {{!}} The Nation |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/fidelis-uchenna-okoro-immortalised-in-art/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Nation Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> Okoro’s ''Cracking the Shell'' (novel) is First Runner-Up, ANA/Jacaranda Prose Prize, 2009; and his ''Quagmire'' is the ANA/ J.P. Clark Drama Prize Runner-Up, 2010.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> His theatre company, Fidoko Theatre Nigeria, has travelled across the country presenting plays. He co-edited Apples of Gold, a Pageant of Modern Nigerian Poems with ]. Okoro produced and acted the titular character in Saved by Sin, a film in which ], ], ] and ] also acted in.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> The Fidelis Okoro Prize for Poetry of The Muse Journal was created in his honour in 2022 and sponsored by Friday Romanus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muse |first=The |date=2022-12-26 |title=The 2022 Literary Arts Festival and Unveiling of The Muse no. 49 Journal |url=https://themuseunn.com/the-2022-literary-arts-festival-and-unveiling-of-the-muse-no-49-journal/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=THE MUSE JOURNAL |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Muse |first=The |date=2024-05-08 |title=A Lacuna |url=https://themuseunn.com/a-lacuna/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=THE MUSE JOURNAL |language=en-US}}</ref> His books have been reviewed by scholars.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kev |date=2022-05-29 |title=Summary and Analysis of The Rape of Regina by Fidelis Okoro |url=https://kevblog.net/summary-and-analysis-of-the-rape-of-regina-by-fidelis-okoro/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=KevBlog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Redemptive Fantasy Restoration and the Exigencies of Kleos and Nostos in F.U. Okoro's Cracking the Shell |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317342262_Redemptive_Fantasy_Restoration_and_the_Exigencies_of_Kleos_and_Nostos_in_F_U_Okoro%27s_Cracking_the_Shell}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Analysis of History in Fidelis Okor's Pimples and Dimples |url=https://www.coursehero.com/file/114312086/Analyis-of-History-in-Fidelis-Okoros-Pimples-and-Dimplesdocx/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.coursehero.com}}</ref> Okoro's publications have been cited almost one hundred times according to the google scholar index.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fidelis Okoro |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Go0pOhoAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref> | |||
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'''Fidelis Uchenna Okoro''' (died 2021), also known as Fidoko, was a Nigerian ], ], ], ] and ]. As a faculty member of the ], he authored two novels, two poetry collections, and five plays; co-edited a poetry collection; released three albums; and produced four films. | |||
== Education == | == Education == | ||
Okoro graduated from the ] in the 1990s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ibrahim |first=Abubakar A. |date=2010-12-05 |title=The many talents of Fidelis Okoro |url=https://dailytrust.com/the-many-talents-of-fidelis-okoro/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Daily Trust}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last= |date=February 1996 |title=Notes on the Contributors |url=https://www.unn.edu.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Okike-321.pdf |journal=Okike: An African Journal of New Writing |issue=32 |pages=130}}</ref>{{Third party inline|date=January 2025}} | |||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Okoro joined the teaching staff of the University in May 1997. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of English and Literary Studies of the University of Nigeria. Okoro was a poet with two poetry collections, a novelist with two novels, and a playwright with four plays. His theatre company, Fidoko Theatre Nigeria, travelled across Nigeria presenting plays. He served the University of Nigeria in various capacities, including as a Development Officer to the Vice-Chancellor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />He was also Editorial Adviser to The Muse, University of Nigeria’s student journal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Muse |title=The Muse 2017 |url=https://brittlepaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/The-Muse-A-Journal-of-Creative-and-Critical-Writing-No.-44-2016.pdf}}</ref> | |||
=== Academic === | |||
== Editorship of journals == | |||
Okoro joined the teaching staff of the university{{Which|date=January 2025}} in May 1997.{{Cn|date=January 2025}} He was a senior lecturer{{Cn|date=January 2025}} in the Department of English and Literary Studies at the ].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Oluigbo |first=Chuks |date=2021-06-24 |title=Fidoko: The man and his art |url=https://businessday.ng/arts-and-life/article/fidoko-the-man-and-his-art/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Businessday NG |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
He was co-editor, Africa and World Literature: University of Nigeria Journal of Literary Studies.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
He co-edited ''Africa and World Literature: University of Nigeria Journal of Literary Studies''<ref name=":2" /> and was an editorial advisor for ''The Muse,'' the student journal at the University of Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite journal |last= |date=July 2016 |title=Contributors |url=https://brittlepaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/The-Muse-A-Journal-of-Creative-and-Critical-Writing-No.-44-2016.pdf |journal=The Muse |volume=44 |pages=2 |work=}}</ref>{{Third party inline|date=January 2025}} In 2022, ''The Muse'' created the Fidelis Okoro Prize for Poetry, sponsored by Friday Romanus, in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-12-26 |title=The 2022 Literary Arts Festival and Unveiling of The Muse no. 49 Journal |url=https://themuseunn.com/the-2022-literary-arts-festival-and-unveiling-of-the-muse-no-49-journal/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Muse Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Third party inline|date=January 2025}} | |||
== Writing contributions == | |||
His poetry collections are: ''When the Bleeding Heart Breaks'' (his first poetry collection which was First Runner-Up, ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize, 2006)<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Okeke |first=Nnenna |date=2016-03-03 |title=In Celebration of World Book Day- Nigerian Fiction in the Twenty- First Century |url=https://articles.connectnigeria.com/celebration-world-book-day-nigerian-fiction-twenty-first-century/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Connectnigeria Articles |language=en-GB}}</ref> and ''Pimples and Dimples'' (First Runner-Up, ANA/Gabriel Okara Poetry Prize, 2012.).<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=IDEOLOGY AND REVOLUTION IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY NIGERIAN POETRY: | |||
THE EXAMPLES OF ODIA OFEIMUN AND FIDELIS OKORO |url=https://guofoundationonline.com.ng/ogbazuluobodo/admin/img/paper/IDEOLOGY%20AND%20REVOLUTION%20IN%20TWENTY.pdf}}</ref> His novels are ''The Rape of Regina''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Okoro |first=Fidelis U. |url=https://www.google.com.ng/books/edition/The_Rape_of_Regina/XyZbAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=inauthor:%22Fidelis%20U.%20Okoro%22 |title=The Rape of Regina |date=2002 |publisher=University of Nigeria Press |isbn=978-978-2299-38-3 |language=en}}</ref> and ''Cracking the Shell'' (First Runner-Up, ANA/Jacaranda Prose Prize, 2009).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cracking the Shell |url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/cracking-the-shell/fidelis-okoro/9781453552230 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.foyles.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> His plays are ''Wisdom of the Ostrich'', ''Joys of War'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Okoro |first=Fidelis U. |url=https://books.google.com.ng/books/about/Joys_of_War.html?id=WgZVAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=Joys of War |date=2000 |publisher=New Generation Books |isbn=978-978-2900-51-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Obi-Young |first=Otosirieze |title=AN ALLEGORICAL READING OF PSYCHOSIS IN AFRICAN DRAMA: STUDYING J. P. CLARK’S SONG OF A GOAT, WOLE SOYINKA’S THE BEATIFICATION OF AREA BOY AND FIDELIS OKORO’S JOYS OF WAR |url=https://www.academia.edu/9826464/AN_ALLEGORICAL_READING_OF_PSYCHOSIS_IN_AFRICAN_DRAMA_STUDYING_J_P_CLARK_S_SONG_OF_A_GOAT_WOLE_SOYINKA_S_THE_BEATIFICATION_OF_AREA_BOY_AND_FIDELIS_OKORO_S_JOYS_OF_WAR |journal=Academia}}</ref> ''Prof Zemzi’s Last Rehearsal,''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Zemzi's Last Rehearsal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359175879_Portrayal_of_Feminine_Gender_in_Okoro%27s_Prof_Zemzi%27s_Last_Rehearsal}}</ref> ''Preamble to Apocalypse'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Udengwu |first=Ngozi |title=Women in Internally Displaced Persons’ camps, a halfway house or a purgatory: Discourse analysis of Embers and Preamble to Apocalypse |url=https://www.ikengajournal.com.ng/admin/img/paper/23_2-4.pdf}}</ref> and ''Quagmire''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Shifting the Birders |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283119173_Shifting_the_Borders_Genre-crossing_in_Modern_Africa_Drama}}</ref> which was the ANA/ J.P. Clark Drama Prize Runner-Up, 2010.<ref name=":3" /> He co-edited Apples of Gold, a Pageant of Modern Nigerian Poems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apples of Gold |url=https://search.worldcat.org/fr/title/apples-of-gold-a-pageant-of-modern-nigerian-poetry/oclc/53116683 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=search.worldcat.org}}</ref> He was also co-editor of Africa and World Literature: University of Nigeria Journal of Literary Studies.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
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=== Writing === | ||
Okoro authored two novels, two poetry collections, and five plays. He also co-edited ''Apples of Gold: A Pageant of Modern Nigerian Poems'' with ]''.{{Cn|date=January 2025}}'' | |||
Okoro was also a recording artist with three albums: “One More Mile,” “Call on Me” and “Baby Kpurunu m Ishi.” His movie production company, Fidoko Films International, was born in 2006. He has starred in, produced and directed the following movies: “Saved By Sin,”<ref>{{Citation |last=Okoro |first=Fidelis |title=Saved by Sin 2 |type=Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365504/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_2 |access-date=2024-12-30 |others=Pete Edochie, Gentle Jack, Fidelis Okoro |publisher=Dux Ventures Ltd., Petel Foundation Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-28 |title=Saved by Sin - Part 2, Nollywood - OnlineNigeria.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728122104/http://video.onlinenigeria.com/Drama/ad1.asp?blurb=2131 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-28 |title=Saved by Sin - Part 3, Nollywood - OnlineNigeria.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728122140/http://video.onlinenigeria.com/Drama/ad1.asp?blurb=2132 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> “Peace of the Graveyard,” “Uzumagada: The Search for Inspiration” and “Paradisico.”<ref name=":3" /> | |||
In 1998, Okoro published his first full-length work, a play entitled ''Wisdom of the Ostrich.'' He later published the plays ''Joys of War'' (2000), ''Prof Zemzi’s Last Rehearsal'' (2005),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Agu |first=Innocent |last2=Amoniyan |first2=Oluwasegun |last3=Agu |first3=Evangelist |last4=Pembi |first4=Clement |date=February 2020 |title=Portrayal of Feminine Gender in Okoro's Prof Zemzi's Last Rehearsal |journal=Fuwgestj: Journal of the General Studies Unit |publisher=] |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=5-21}}</ref> ''Quagmire'' (2010),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ugwuanyi |first=Kingsley O. |last2=Ekeh |first2=Sosthenes N. |date=October 2015 |title=Shifting the Borders: Genre-crossing in Modern Africa Drama |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283119173 |journal=Research Innovator |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=1-11}}</ref> and ''Preamble to Apocalypse'' (2016).<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Udengwu |first=Ngozi |last2=Nnanna |first2=Ndubuisi |last3=Obasi |first3=Nelson |date=June 2022 |title=Women in Internally Displaced Persons’ camps, a halfway house or a purgatory: Discourse analysis of ''Embers'' and ''Preamble to Apocalypse'' |url=http://ikengajournal.com.ng/admin/img/paper/23_2-4.pdf |journal=IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=1–37 |doi=10.53836/ijia/2022/23/2/004}}</ref> ''Quagmire'' was the runner-up for the 2010 ANA/J.P. Clark Drama Prize.<ref name=":3" /> The same year, he was shortlisted for the NNDC Prize for Drama<!-- In the source, it's unclear which work was shortlisted, though it's presumably Quagmire. -->.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
Okoro's third full-length publication was the novel ''The Rape of Regina'' (2002), which was followed by ''Cracking the Shell'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Umezurike |first=Gideon Uzoma |date=June 2017 |title=Redemptive Fantasy, Restoration and the Exigencies of Kleos and Nostos in F. U. Okoro’s Cracking the Shell |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317342262 |journal=The Muse |volume=45}}</ref> ''Cracking the Shell'' was shortlisted for the 2009 ANA/Jacaranda Prose Prize.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> | |||
Okoro published his first poetry collection, ''When the Bleeding Heart Breaks'', in 2006. The collection became the first runner-up for the 2006 ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-09-05 |title=Fidelis Uchenna Okoro: Immortalised in Art |url=https://thenationonlineng.net/fidelis-uchenna-okoro-immortalised-in-art/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=The Nation Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> His second collection, ''Pimples and Dimples'', was published in 2012 and was the first runner-up for the 2012 ANA/Gabriel Okara Poetry Prize.{{Cn|date=January 2025}} | |||
=== Music === | |||
Okoro released three albums: ''One More Mile'', ''Call on Me'' (2008)'',<ref name=":2" />'' and ''Baby Kpurunu m Ishi.'' | |||
=== Film === | |||
In 2006, Okoro founded Fidoko Films International. With the company, he produced and direct four films: ''Saved by Sin'' (2007), ''Peace of the Graveyard, Uzumagada: The Search for Inspiration,'' and ''Paradisico.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />'' | |||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Fidelis Okoro was a devout |
Fidelis Okoro was a devout ].{{Cn|date=January 2025}} He died from leukemia on June 22, 2021.<ref name=":2" /> | ||
== Filmography == | |||
* ''Saved by Sin'' (2007) | |||
* ''Peace of the Graveyard'' | |||
* ''Uzumagada: The Search for Inspiration'' | |||
* ''Paradisico'' | |||
== Publications == | |||
=== Novels === | |||
* {{Cite book |title=The Rape of Regina |date=2002 |publisher=University of Nigeria Press |isbn=978-978-2299-38-3 |language=en}} | |||
* {{Cite book |title=Cracking the Shell |date=2013 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=978-1-453-55222-3}} | |||
=== Poetry === | |||
* {{Cite book |title=When the Bleeding Heart Breaks |date=2006 |publisher=El 'Demark Publishers |isbn=978-9-788-06179-3}} | |||
* {{Cite book |title=Pimples and Dimples |date=2012}} | |||
=== Plays === | |||
* ''Wisdom of the Ostrich'' (1998) | |||
* {{Cite book | title=Joys of War |date=2000 |publisher=New Generation Books |isbn=978-978-2900-51-7 |language=en}} | |||
* ''Prof Zemzi’s Last Rehearsal'' (2005) | |||
* ''Quagmire'' (2010) | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
== Further reading == | |||
* {{Cite journal |last=Nwabuisi |first=Benjamin Abia |date=December 2020 |title=When the Shell Refuses to Crack: Ambiguity as Structural Conduit in Fidelis Okoro's ''Cracking the Shell'' |url=http://guofoundationonline.com.ng/ogbazuluobodo/admin/img/paper/WHEN%20THE%20SHELL%20REFUSES%20TO%20CRACK.pdf |journal=Ogbazuluobodo: University of Nigeria Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies |volume=2 |issue=1}} | |||
* {{Cite journal |last=Ejesu |first=Onyemuche Anele |date=December 2020 |title=Ideology and Revolution in Twenty-First Century Nigerian Poetry: The Examples of Odio Odeimun and Fidelis Okoro |url=https://guofoundationonline.com.ng/ogbazuluobodo/admin/img/paper/IDEOLOGY%20AND%20REVOLUTION%20IN%20TWENTY.pdf |journal=Ogbazuluobodo: University of Nigeria Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies |volume=2 |issue=1}} | |||
== External links == | |||
* {{Google Scholar ID|id=Go0pOhoAAAAJ}} | |||
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Nigerian poet, novelist, playwright, musician and film producer
Fidelis Uchenna Okoro (died 2021), also known as Fidoko, was a Nigerian poet, novelist, playwright, musician and film producer. As a faculty member of the University of Nigeria, he authored two novels, two poetry collections, and five plays; co-edited a poetry collection; released three albums; and produced four films.
Education
Okoro graduated from the University of Nigeria in the 1990s.
Career
Academic
Okoro joined the teaching staff of the university in May 1997. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of English and Literary Studies at the University of Nigeria.
He co-edited Africa and World Literature: University of Nigeria Journal of Literary Studies and was an editorial advisor for The Muse, the student journal at the University of Nigeria. In 2022, The Muse created the Fidelis Okoro Prize for Poetry, sponsored by Friday Romanus, in his honor.
Writing
Okoro authored two novels, two poetry collections, and five plays. He also co-edited Apples of Gold: A Pageant of Modern Nigerian Poems with Emeka Joseph Otagburuagu.
In 1998, Okoro published his first full-length work, a play entitled Wisdom of the Ostrich. He later published the plays Joys of War (2000), Prof Zemzi’s Last Rehearsal (2005), Quagmire (2010), and Preamble to Apocalypse (2016). Quagmire was the runner-up for the 2010 ANA/J.P. Clark Drama Prize. The same year, he was shortlisted for the NNDC Prize for Drama.
Okoro's third full-length publication was the novel The Rape of Regina (2002), which was followed by Cracking the Shell (2013). Cracking the Shell was shortlisted for the 2009 ANA/Jacaranda Prose Prize.
Okoro published his first poetry collection, When the Bleeding Heart Breaks, in 2006. The collection became the first runner-up for the 2006 ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize. His second collection, Pimples and Dimples, was published in 2012 and was the first runner-up for the 2012 ANA/Gabriel Okara Poetry Prize.
Music
Okoro released three albums: One More Mile, Call on Me (2008), and Baby Kpurunu m Ishi.
Film
In 2006, Okoro founded Fidoko Films International. With the company, he produced and direct four films: Saved by Sin (2007), Peace of the Graveyard, Uzumagada: The Search for Inspiration, and Paradisico.
Personal life
Fidelis Okoro was a devout Jehovah’s Witness. He died from leukemia on June 22, 2021.
Filmography
- Saved by Sin (2007)
- Peace of the Graveyard
- Uzumagada: The Search for Inspiration
- Paradisico
Publications
Novels
- The Rape of Regina. University of Nigeria Press. 2002. ISBN 978-978-2299-38-3.
- Cracking the Shell. Xlibris Corporation. 2013. ISBN 978-1-453-55222-3.
Poetry
- When the Bleeding Heart Breaks. El 'Demark Publishers. 2006. ISBN 978-9-788-06179-3.
- Pimples and Dimples. 2012.
Plays
- Wisdom of the Ostrich (1998)
- Joys of War. New Generation Books. 2000. ISBN 978-978-2900-51-7.
- Prof Zemzi’s Last Rehearsal (2005)
- Quagmire (2010)
References
- ^ Ibrahim, Abubakar A. (5 December 2010). "The many talents of Fidelis Okoro". Daily Trust. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- "Notes on the Contributors" (PDF). Okike: An African Journal of New Writing (32): 130. February 1996.
- ^ Oluigbo, Chuks (24 June 2021). "Fidoko: The man and his art". Businessday NG. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- "Contributors" (PDF). The Muse. 44: 2. July 2016.
- "The 2022 Literary Arts Festival and Unveiling of The Muse no. 49 Journal". The Muse Journal. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- Agu, Innocent; Amoniyan, Oluwasegun; Agu, Evangelist; Pembi, Clement (February 2020). "Portrayal of Feminine Gender in Okoro's Prof Zemzi's Last Rehearsal". Fuwgestj: Journal of the General Studies Unit. 2 (3). Federal University, Wukari: 5–21.
- Ugwuanyi, Kingsley O.; Ekeh, Sosthenes N. (October 2015). "Shifting the Borders: Genre-crossing in Modern Africa Drama". Research Innovator. 2 (5): 1–11.
- Udengwu, Ngozi; Nnanna, Ndubuisi; Obasi, Nelson (June 2022). "Women in Internally Displaced Persons' camps, a halfway house or a purgatory: Discourse analysis of Embers and Preamble to Apocalypse" (PDF). IKENGA International Journal of Institute of African Studies. 23 (2): 1–37. doi:10.53836/ijia/2022/23/2/004.
- ^ "Fidelis Uchenna Okoro: Immortalised in Art". The Nation Newspaper. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- Umezurike, Gideon Uzoma (June 2017). "Redemptive Fantasy, Restoration and the Exigencies of Kleos and Nostos in F. U. Okoro's Cracking the Shell". The Muse. 45.
Further reading
- Nwabuisi, Benjamin Abia (December 2020). "When the Shell Refuses to Crack: Ambiguity as Structural Conduit in Fidelis Okoro's Cracking the Shell" (PDF). Ogbazuluobodo: University of Nigeria Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. 2 (1).
- Ejesu, Onyemuche Anele (December 2020). "Ideology and Revolution in Twenty-First Century Nigerian Poetry: The Examples of Odio Odeimun and Fidelis Okoro" (PDF). Ogbazuluobodo: University of Nigeria Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. 2 (1).
External links
- Fidelis Uchenna Okoro publications indexed by Google Scholar