Greg Mbajiorgu
| Greg Mbajiorgu | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 24, 1964 (age 62) Ihiala Local Government Area in Anambra State, Nigeria |
| 💼 Occupation | Senior Lecturer, playwright, actor, director, solo performer, monodramatist |
Greg Mbajiorgu was born Gregory Nnamdi Mbajiorgu on May 24, 1964. He hails from the Igbo community of Umueze in Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State, and is a Nigerian monodramatist, solo performer, environmental poet, and playwright. He has works centered on issues such as the electricity crisis in Nigeria, the water crisis in Igboland, climate change, and the effects of plastics on the environment.[1][2][3] His monodrama, The Prime Minister's Son, was performed in almost all the states in Nigeria between 1991 and 2000.[4]
Mbajiorgu is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He has written the plays Hands of Fate, Wota na Wota, Beyond the Golden Prize, Wake Up Everyone, The Prime Minister's Son, and Dancers from Africa. His poems are: Rhythms of the Mind, Homage to Water, and Plastics, Plastics Everywhere, a collection of poems on plastic and plastic-related issues published in March 2020.
Personal life and education
In 1975, after attending Port Harcourt Primary School, Rivers State, Mbajiorgu went to College of the Immaculate Conception (CIC), Enugu. He went on to acquire a B.A. (Hons) in Theatre and Film Studies at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (1990). He obtained his M.A. (Theatre Arts) at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria in 2002. He is happily married with three children. He currently resides at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka campus, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Writing Career
In 2012, the National Universities Commission organized an Inter-Universities Research and Development Competition and his eco-drama Wake Up Everyone took first prize.[5] The Turkish-Nile University Abuja held an international conference in his honor in May 2014, captioned 48 years of solo performing arts in Nigerian theatre with reference made to his solo play The Prime Minister's Son published in 1991.[6] In 2000, Mbajiorgu published his play Hands of Fate, a tragicomedy that highlights the need for justice and love for mankind, and Wota na Wota, examining water scarcity in local communities in 2003. Mbajiorgu is also the co-editor of a golden jubilee text titled "Songs of Gold", celebrating fifty years of the writings of J. P. Clark-Bekederemo's works.[7] In 2011 and during the 2015 Nigerian general election, he was a copy editor of National election report publications. His drama, Dancers from Africa published in 2015 was written for the African Innovation Foundation, Switzerland and Wake Up Everyone for the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), Nairobi, Kenya.[8][9] His unpublished play on the electricity crisis in Nigeria, Towards a New Dawn, was performed for the then president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan.[10] Mbajiorgu has been commissioned to write, direct, and stage plays such as The Lion of Lions, which was a solo performance of a collection of the poems and speeches for the final rites of the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe.[11]
Works
- Hands of Fate (play), Enugu: Snaap Press Ltd, 2000.
- Wota na Wota (play), Enugu: Snaap Press Ltd, 2003, 2006.
- Beyond the Golden Prize (play), Ibadan: Kraft Books, 2013, ISBN 978-91811-0-0
- The Prime Minister’s Son, Ibadan: Kraft Books Limited, 2011, ISBN 978-91803-4-9
- Wake Up Everyone, Abuja: Palace Press Ltd, 2014, ISBN 978-91800-5-9
- Dancers from Africa, Enugu: Snaap Press Ltd, 2015.
- Plastics Everywhere—Poetics of Environmentalism and the Paradox of Our Polymer Age, ISBN 978078573234-2
Papers
- Audience and the Solo Actor: A Preview of Audience Engagement Techniques Employed by Solo Performers[12]
- Betty Okotie and the Birth of Solo Production in Post-Colonial Nigeria[13]
Academic works about his writings
- J.O. ILE - Nile Journal of English Studies, 2016[14]
- B. Binebai - AFRREV IJAHA: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2015[15]
- E. Aniago - Agathos, 2018[16]
- N.O. Eze - The Environmental Crunch in Africa, 2018 - Springer[17]
- E.E. Uzoji - 2016, Playing Earth: Eco-Pedagogy in Nigerian Drama[18]
- C.C. Igboayaka - The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, 2018[19]
- N.O. Eze - Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies, 2013[20]
- G. Mbajiorgu - OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies, 2009[21]
- G. Mbajiorgu - Journal of Pan African Studies, 2018[22]
Awards & Honours
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Goodluck Jonathan gets book on 50 years of solo performing art in Nigeria - Nigeria and World News". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ Uzoatu, Uzor Maxim (2020-08-26). "It's A Plastic World -". The NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ "Why I write about climate change - Mbajiorgu - Arts and culture". Nigerian Tribune - Nigeria and World News. 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ "Mbajiorgu: Our Scholars, Artists Are Too Lazy To Innovate - Nigeria and World News". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ https://www.nuc.edu.ng/project/research-innovation-and-information-technology/
- ↑ name="auto">"Nigeria: Celebrating 48 years of solo drama | Premium Times Nigeria". February 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Songs of gold: fresh perspectives on Clark : 50 floods of the writings of J.P. Clark-Bekederemo: 1961-2011". April 1, 2011 – via Open WorldCat.
- ↑ "AIF Home". Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ↑ "ATPS – African Technology Policy Studies Network".
- ↑ "Goodluck Jonathan gets book on 50 years of solo performing art in Nigeria". August 19, 2018.
- ↑ https://irepos.unijos.edu.ng/jspui/bitstream/123456789/2745/1/PhD%20Report%203.pdf
- ↑ https://www.unn.edu.ng/nsukka-journal-of-humanities/
- ↑ "JPAS - Journal of Pan African Studies". www.jpanafrican.org.
- ↑ https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/234693226.pdf
- ↑ Binebai, Benedict (October 27, 2015). "Mono Drama: Categorization and Theoretical Scaffolds in the Universe of Africa". AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities. 4 (3): 134–145. doi:10.4314/ijah.v4i3 – via www.ajol.info.
- ↑ https://www.agathos-international-review.com/issue9_2/18.Emeka%20Aniago.pdf
- ↑ Eze, Norbert Oyibo (April 12, 2018). Abbink, Jon, ed. The Environmental Crunch in Africa: Growth Narratives vs. Local Realities. Springer International Publishing. pp. 269–286. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77131-1_10 – via Springer Link. Search this book on
- ↑ Uzoji, Emmanuel Ebere (April 12, 2016). "Playing Earth: Eco-Pedagogy in Nigerian Drama" – via dspace.unijos.edu.ng.
- ↑ Igboayaka, Chiamaka Cynthia (May 15, 2018). "THEATRICAL INITIATIVES AND THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA". The Creative Artist: A Journal of theatre and Media Studies. 11 (2) – via journals.ezenwaohaetorc.org.
- ↑ https://oer.unn.edu.ng/read/nsukka-journal-of-the-humanities-number-19-drama-and-the-politics-of-climate-change-in-nigeria-a-critical-appraisal-of-greg-mbajiorgus-wake-up-everyone/file.pdf
- ↑ Mbajiorgu, G. (April 12, 2009). "Improvisation As A Strategy For Inventing Dynamic Solo Plays: A Study Of Tunji Sotimirin's Molue". OGIRISI: a New Journal of African Studies. 6: 93–104. doi:10.4314/og.v6i1.52337 – via www.ajol.info.
- ↑ https://vopm.pw/bary_xosaw.pdf
- ↑ "sonta.org | SONTA Awardees 2013".
- ↑ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/asa-was-born-to-awaken-the-sleeping-theatre-agoma/
External links
Official Website: gregmbajiorgu.com Category:1964 births Category:Living people
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