Dr. Terri Ochiagha

Biography

Dr. Terri Ochiagha is a literary critic and cultural historian, recognized as a world-leading expert on the works of Chinua Achebe, known as the 'father of modern African Literature'. She holds a B.A., M.A., and PhD in English from Complutense University, Madrid. Her book, 'Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: Making a Literary Elite' (2015), received the prestigious Fage & Oliver Prize from the African Studies Association UK for the outstanding book on Africa published between 2014-2015. Ochiagha is currently working on the first full-length biography of Chinua Achebe, under contract with Princeton University Press, and editing 'Achebe in Context', a collection of 24 newly commissioned essays to be published by Cambridge University Press. Notably, she has held fellowships at leading institutions, including the McMillan-Stewart Fellowship at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University and a Visiting Fellowship at St John's College, University of Oxford, where she convened a landmark British Academy Conference. Her research interests include biography, life-writing, and the works of Chinua Achebe, as well as postcolonial African literatures. Dr. Ochiagha is currently accepting PhD projects and is actively involved in academic supervision and mentorship.

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