Ifi Amadiume Biography

These are 9 new poems from one of my three manuscripts of unpublished poems. The manuscripts contain introduction essays on the meaning of and thoughts on the processes of poetry. Publish, translate and enter these poems for awards. These manuscripts need big publishers.

Ifi Amadiume’s poems deal with people, animals, love, nature, struggle, the world and the universe.

Ifi Amadiume’s poems deal with people, love, nature, struggle, the world and the universe.

A short bio about the Author:
Ifi Amadiume is an outstanding book-award scholar, poet, ethnographer and essayist. She has participated in several poetry readings and art festivals. Her poetry reflects her complex multi-dimensional experiences spanning three continents. She has published four books of poetry, three of which are award-winning books: Passion Waves London: Karnak House,1985, winner of a Commonwealth Poetry Prize nomination; Ecstasy Longman Nigeria,1995, winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors 1992 Cadbury Literary Award for Poetry; Circles of Love Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press,2006, winner of the 2006 Flora Nwapa Society Award, African Literature Association, USA, for outstanding achievement in African Religions and African Women and Gender Studies; and Voices Draped in Black Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press,2007.

A University of London Ph.D., a Dartmouth College tenured full professor of Religion and African and African American Studies, Amadiume is an Honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth Chapter, and in May 2004 was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree by Dartmouth College.

Email contact: ifi.amadiume@gmail.com