Ahmed Yerima

Ahmed Parker Yerima (born 8 May 1957) is a Nigerian academic, professor playwright and theater director. He was director-general of the Nigerian National Theatre, and has previously served as director of the National Troupe. He is a professor of Theater and Performing Arts and has been dean of the College of Humanities, Redeemer's University since 2013.[1]

Ahmed Yerima
Born (1957-05-08) 8 May 1957
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma materBaptist Academy Obafemi Awolowo University (B.A)
University College London
Royal Holloway, University of London (PhD)
OccupationProfessor, playwright
Notable work
Hard Ground
AwardsNigeria Prize for Literature (2006)

Early life

Yerima was born in Lagos on 8 May 1957 and had his primary education there. He proceeded to Baptist Academy in Obanikoro, Lagos for his secondary education.

Works

Though Yerima wrote on different genres of literature but most of his works are historical plays. Prominent among these are plays include The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen, Attahiru, Ameh Oboni the Great, The Angel, The Twist, Uncle Venyil, The Bishop and the Soul, The Wives, The Mirror Cracks, The Lottery Ticket, Kaffir's Last Game, The Sisters, Mojagbe, Little Drops, Heart of Stone, Yemoja, Orisa Ibeji, Otaelo, Hard Ground, Song of a Goat, and Wedlock of the gods.[2] His use of proverbs in three of his plays has been described and analyzed by Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni.[3]

References
  1. "Nigeria-LNG Appoints Yerima As 2014 Nigeria Prize For Literature Jurist". Redeemers University. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ABR. "Ahmed Yerima: An Interview with The Esteemed Playwright". African Books Review. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. Ehineni, Taiwo Oluwaseun. 2016. THE PRAGMATICS OF YORÙBÁ PROVERBS IN AHMED YERIMA’S IGATIBI, AJAGUNMALE, AND MOJAGBE. Issues in Intercultural Communication 4.1:61–71.
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