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Prior to a career in academia, he was for many years a journalist in Nigeria, General Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA, and a founding member of the board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature as well as of UNESCO\u2019s National Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage for Nigeria.\u202f He is the author and co-editor of twelve books of creative writing and academic research which include\u00a0<i>Oral Literary Performance in Africa: Beyond Text<\/i>\u00a0(2021) and\u00a0<i>Polyvocal Bob Dylan: Music, Performance, Literature\u00a0<\/i>(2019). 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