Ada Uzoamaka Azodo
Ada Uzoamaka Azodo is a literary scholar. She is Associate Faculty in the Humanities, and Adjunct Professor of African, African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University Northwest.
Life
Azodo gained a diplôme d'études supérieures from the University of Dakar, a BA from the University of Ife, and an MA and PhD from the University of Lagos.
Azodo has written on African literature, including the work of Camara Laye, Mariama Bâ, Aminata [Sow Fall], Ken Bugul and Tsitsi Dangarembga, Chinua Achebe, Flora Nwapa and Buchi Emecheta. She is president of the Igbo Studies Association.
Works
L'imaginaire dans les romans de Camara Laye. New York: P. Lang, 1993, 1990Emerging perspectives on Ama Ata Aidoo. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1998Emerging perspectives on Mariama Bâ : postcolonialism, feminism, and postmodernism. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2003.Gender and sexuality in African literature and film. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2006.Emerging perspectives on Aminata Sow Fall : the real and the imaginary in her novels. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2007Emerging perspectives on Ken Bugul : from alternative choices to oppositional practices. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2008African Feminisms in the Global Arena: Novel Perspectives on Gender, Class, Ethnicity, and Race. Goldline & Jacobs Publishing, 2019.Resident Alien and Other Stories: An Anthology of Immigrant Voices from Africa and the African Diaspora. Goldline & Jacobs Publishing, 2020.