1. Nicholas Amechi Akwanya, is a Nigerian retired professor, priest, poet and a novelist.
10 Facts About Amechi Akwanya
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Amechi Akwanya was a former dean of Postgraduate studies of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a former head of department of English and Literary Studies of the institution.
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Amechi Akwanya is a fellow of Nigeria Academy of Letters.
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Amechi Akwanya attended his primary education in Akwuzu and he moved to Hallows Seminary, Onitsha.
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Amechi Akwanya later proceeded to Theology in 1976 and finished in 1980 with Priestly Ordination.
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Amechi Akwanya later obtained his master's degree in English in, and finished his PhD in 1989 with a thesis entitled Structuring and Meaning in the Nigerian Novel.
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In 1985, Amechi Akwanya was employed by the Department of English, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Ireland as a graduate Assistant.
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Amechi Akwanya retired from the University of Nigeria on 6 December 2022 and tn March 17,2023, he was appointed Vicar General, Diocese of Aguleri.
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Amechi Akwanya served as consulting editor to Nsukka Journal of the Humanities in 2018; A Journal of Language and Literature in 2017; IBADAN Journal of English Studies ; Africa and world Literature in 2007, and, JONASS: Journal of the Nigerian Association for Semiotic Studies in the same year.
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Amechi Akwanya is a Fellow of the institute of Industrial Administration.