Position:

Assistant Professor

Education:

• D. English, Western University
• A. English, Western University
• A. TEFL, London Metropolitan University
• BA, English, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 

Contact Information:

• Office #: A3006
• Office telephone #: 709-864-8052
• Email: cezenwa@mun.ca

Research Interests:

• African, Black, and Caribbean Studies
• Decolonial and Postcolonial Studies
• 19^th Century British Literature
• Community and Cultural Studies
• Black Music, Folklore, and Contemporary Films
• English Language Teaching

Selected Publications:

• “What Indigenous Literatures Have to Do with Decolonization: Selections from Marilyn Dumont’s A Really Good Brown Girl (1996) and The Pemmican Eaters (2015).” Alternative Francophone. Vol. 3, 2023, No. 3.
• “Re-thinking Colonial Missionization in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions (1988).” Canadian Review of Comparative Literature. Vol. 49, 2022, Issue 1-2, pp. 170-187.
• Review of “Simulacra and SimulAsia: The Culture of Hollywood’s Yellow Peril” by AngieWong. Canadian Review of Comparative Literature. Vol. 49, 2022, Issue 1-2, p. 232.
• “Living in this Black Body: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me (2015).” Penumbra 7, 7, 2020, pp. 13-21.

Current Research Projects:

• Reading the Colonial African Bible through Contemporary Eyes
• Feminism Intersectionally: African and Black Hair Series
• African Folklores/Folktales in Diaspora