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Dr. Yaw Adu-Gyamfi |
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Associate Professor of English |
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Degrees Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, Canada M.A., University of Saskatchewan, Canada (Cr.), Introduction to University Teaching, University of Saskatchewan, Canada B.A., (Hons) (English/Law): University of Science and Technology (Ghana) |
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Courses Taught African-American Literature American Literature World Literature Literature and Composition Grammar and Composition DLP Engl. 102 |
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Publications and Scholarship
“Orality in Writing: Its Cultural and Political Significance in Wole Soyinka's Ogun Abibiman.” Research in African Literatures 33.3 (Fall 2002): 104-124.
"Wole Soyinka's 'Dawn' and the Cults of Ogun." ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature 28. 4 (October 1997): 73-89.
“Double Writing: Strategy for Communicating Within and Between Cultures.” Paper presented at the Communicating Across Boundaries Conference. Saskatoon, Canada. September 24-26, 1999.
“Major Elements of African Culture, Literature, and History.” Lecture delivered at Lynchburg College. Lynchburg, VA., March 17, 2000.
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Publications in Preparation Book Orality in Writing: Its Cultural and Political Functions in African, African Caribbean, and African American Literatures. Articles “Mythic Reconstruction as Political Critique in Wole Soyinka's “Idanre.” “Hybridity and Apart-Playing in Edward Kamau Braithwaite’s Arrivant.” |
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Related Professional Activities and Community Service
Founder and advisor to Association of Students of African Descent (ASAD) (1999-present)
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