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Philip Effiong
Drama & Humanities Professor at Michigan State University
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Academia
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Classes
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THR 431 – African American Theatre History
THR 331 – Studies in Contemporary Theatre
Theater 332 – African American Theater & Performance
IAH 211A – Africa (Area Studies)
IAH 205 – Africa and the World
English 350 – African Literature
ENG 140 – Literature and Society
My Publications
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Drama
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African Women Playwrights, edited by Kathy A. Perkins: Review by Philip Effiong
Ntozake Shange’s Choreopoem: Reinventing a Heritage of Poetry and Dance
Subliminal to the Real: Musical Regeneration in Ntozake Shange’s Boogie Woogie Landscapes
History, Myth, and Revolt in Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs
Lorraine Hansberry and the African Image
Entries in the African-American Culture volume of the Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture
Amiri Baraka’s Revolutionary Theatre: A Reapplication of African Ritual Paradigms
The African-American Pageant: Revisiting a Medieval Tradition
Africanisms in African-American Drama
Religion
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Ginen
Sociopolitical Issues
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When the Zombie Becomes Critic: Misinterpreting Fela’s “Zombie”
Unleashing Power from Within: Rejecting the Foreign Aid Farce
Nation of Islam in Literature
Civil Rights Movement in Literature
Culture
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Haya
Personal Thoughts
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Retelling Our Stories, Redefining Our Heroes/Sheroes
All is fair in love and war
If the oil should dry up
Furor over Mandela’s passing
Poor God: The Sin of Apathy
Poor God! Infecting His Fruits
Conditional Patriot
We were the First
Blame it on Culture
My adultery is holier than your homosexuality!
Nigeria’s First Coup
Military Rule in Nigeria: The Supreme Betrayal
African Eunuch…I mean, Union
Rebranding Africa!
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Scholar Ahmed Baba
African Roots of the Banjo
Ancient Benin Walls
Zimbabwe Stone Structures
Dahia al-Kahina
Dogon Star
Yoruba Twins
Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Ethiopian Jews Recognized
“Fattening” Rooms
Ibn Battuta
Mali’s Ancient Universities
Nsibidi
African Influence on Picasso
Queen Nzinga
Southeastern Nigerian Women’s Revolt
Sudanese Pyramids
The Biafra Story
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Biafra – Overview
Important Figures & Events Before the War
Biafra – The Nation
Images of Biafra – War Zone
Images of Biafra – Death & Starvation
International Support for Biafra
Maj. Gen. Efiong leads peace delegation
Participation in Conferences, Interviews & Research
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Viewing the Masquerade Dance from Varying Perspectives
Ireland & Biafra Experience
Key Actors in the Nigeria-Biafra War – Tim Modu in conversation with Philip Effiong II
What Biafra means to us
Revisiting Biafra
Discussion Forums
Publications on the Biafra Experience
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Biafra & the Politics of Blame
Forty Years Later…The War Hasn’t Ended
Videos on Biafra
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Nigeria vs Biafra War Documentary
Efiong on non-Igbos killed during July 1966 coup
Jerome Okolo – Not Learning from History
Nigeria vs Biafra War Documentary
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January 2021
If the oil should dry up
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All is fair in love and war
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ENG 140 – Literature and Society
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IAH 211A – Africa (Area Studies)
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IAH 205 – Africa and the World
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THR 331 – Studies in Contemporary Theatre
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