Phanuel Egejuru | |
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| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | University of Minnesota, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and academic |
Phanuel Egejuru is a Nigerian writer and academician, whose areas of focus are composition, short fiction, Black literature and aesthetics, 19th-century British fiction and Victorian England.[1] She is best known for her 1993 novel The Seed Yams Have Been Eaten.[2][3]
Egejuru studied in Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast and France. She then attended the University of Minnesota, graduating magna cum laude in French. After moving to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she obtained her MA, MPH and PhD in comparative literature.[1]
She taught at UCLA, and in Tanzania, New York, Nigeria and Rhode Island, before moving to Loyola Marymount University.[4]
- ^ a b "Phanuel Egejuru (Professor Emerita) Profile". Loyno.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Phanuel EGEJURU (Nigeria)- The seed yams have been eaten. Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria), 1993. Novel". Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Books by Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru". Thriftbooks.com. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Phanuel Akubueze Egejuru Profile by Loyola University New Orleans, College of Arts and Sciences". Cas.loyno.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2020.