Euba, Femi

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EUBA, Femi

EUBA, Femi. British (born Nigeria), b. 1941. Genres: Novels, Plays/Screenplays, Theatre. Career: University of Ibadan, Nigeria, lecturer, 1975-76; University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, senior lecturer, 1976-86; College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, visiting professor, 1986-88; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, professor, 1988-. Playwright; theater director and actor; consultant to African Theatre. Publications: Archetypes, Imprecators and Victims of Fate: Origins and Developments of Satire in Black Drama, 1989; Camwood at Crossroads (novel), 1993. PLAYS: The Gulf, 1992; Eye of Gabriel, 1993; Riddles on Greed: Three One-Act Plays (A Riddle of the Palms, Crocodiles, The Cameleon); Dionysus of the Holocaust, 1996. RADIO PLAYS: The Yam Debt, 1964; The Telegram, 1965; Down by the Lagoon, 1965; The Game, 1966; Tortoise, 1967; Chameleon, 1968; The Devil, 1970; The Wig and the Honeybee, 1976. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of essays to periodicals. Address: Louisiana State University, PO Box 16352, Baton Rouge, LA 70893, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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