Philip Effiong II:
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Land of the Rising Sun
Remembering Professor I.  Ikiddeh
1938 - 2008
In  memory of my father, Philip Efiong (I), 
who died on 6 November 2003

IPUBLICATIONS

Books

§  In Search of a Model for African-American Drama: A Study of Selected Plays by Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka, and Ntozake Shange, Lanham: University Press of America, 2000

§  Monty, a novel, Bloomington: Author House, 2001

§  Give Me Words, I’ll Fly, semi-autobiographical novel, Bloomington: Author House, 2001

 

Articles (in the following collections):

§  “History, Myth, and Revolt in Hansberry’s Les Blancs,” African American Review, 1998

§  Two entries in Issues and Identities in Literature titled “Civil Rights Movement in Literature” and “Nation of Islam in Literature,” Salem Press, 1996

§  Twenty entries on “Drama and Film” for the African-American Culture volume of the Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture, Ed. Sandra Adell, Columbia, S.C.: Bruccoli Clark Layman, Inc., 1996

§  “The Subliminal to the Real: Musical Regeneration in Ntozake Shange’s Boogie Woogie Landscapes,” Theatre Studies 39 (1994): 33-43

§  “Tracing the Nigerian Literary Heritage,” Nigeria: The People and Their Culture, Ed. J. U. Obot, Calabar: Wusen Press, 1987, 214-224

 

COMPLETED MANUSCRIPTS

§  Morning Song and Mildew, a novel

§  Memoirs of a Housegirl, a novel

§  Biafran Boy, a memoir

§  Do you know WHO I AM?—collection of satirical essays

 

HONORS

  • Nominated for the UMUC Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award and the UMUC Teaching Recognition Award (TRA) (2007 and 2009)
  • Honorable Mention, 2006 West Virginia Writers Competition, for Biafran Child: Cesspool of Innocence
  • Finalist in 2004 African Writers Endowment book contest for the following entries, Nigeria’s Cult of Bigmanism and Memoir of a Housegirl

§  Outstanding Professor Award presented by Older Student’s Association, University of TN at Martin, April 1996

  • Certificate of Recognition, presented by the Black Students Association and Secretary of Minority Affairs, University of Tennessee at Martin, November 1996
  • Certificate of Outstanding Service, presented by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, September 1996
  • A Special Degree of Appreciation, presented by the President and the Board of Trustees of the University of Delaware, Newark, 1996
  • Appointed Faculty Consultant to the Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature Reading by the College Board and Educational Testing Service, USA, 1995
  • Tennessee Collaborative Leadership Academy Fellow, 1995
  • Fulbright Award for Ph.D. program, University of Wisconsin, 1988-1992
  • Graduate Assistantship for outstanding B.A. (Hons) result, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1983-1985
  • Graduate Scholarship, University of Calabar, Nigeria, 1983-1985.