Mejai B. M. Avoseh, Contributor for Ogu Culture

mejai.avoseh "at" usd.edu

Avoseh is a Full Professor of adult and higher education. Dr. Avoseh has taught and researched adult and continuing education in Nigeria, Namibia, United States, and in Botswana. He is a double recipient of the J. William Fulbright Core Award for U.S. Scholars (2013 & 2019). He received the 2019 Outstanding Service Medallion, of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE). He has presented and published widely across the globe in areas of his expertise including keynote papers in different areas of adult and higher education, international and comparative education, diaspora and global citizenship, participatory development, literacy, indigenous/cultural education as well as in policy issues in education.

 

Aaron Carter-Ényì, Data Management

aaron.carter-enyi "at" morehouse.edu

Aaron Carter-Ényì, PhD, is assistant professor of music theory at Morehouse College, instructor of world musics at Spelman College, and affiliate faculty of the University of Nigeria Nsukka. Recent scholarship appears in Africa, Ethnomusicology, Intersections, Journal of Open-Source Software, Music & Science, Music Theory Online, Performance Research, Perspectives of New Music Tonal Aspects of Languages and Sounding Out! His research and educational initiatives have been supported by the Acoustical Society of America, American Council of Learned Societies, Associated Colleges of the South, Department of Education, Fulbright Program / Department of State, National Endowment for the Humanities and National Science Foundation.

 

Ijeoma Forchu, Contributor for Igbo Culture

ijeoma.forchu "at" unn.edu.ng

Ijeoma Iruka Forchu, Ph. D. Ethnomusicology; M.Sc. Development Studies; M. A. Ethnomusicology; M. A. African Studies; and B. A. Music. Research Fellow/Lecturer, Institute for Development Studies/Department of Music, University of Nigeria. Research activities: Sustainable Development in Nigerian indigenous and popular music: Igbo music and gender issues, Nigerian music and environmental sustainability.

 

Oluwatosin Taiwo, Contributor for Yoruba Culture

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Oluwatosin Taiwo, popularly known by her alias: 'Tosinger', is a multi-talented singer, storyteller and actress. Born in Ibadan and raised in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, she began her career as an arts & culture events curator, alongside pursuing an artistic career in music and film/theatre in the UK and currently in the US. She has independently produced and released albums and singles and always incorporates Yoruba folklore and traditional sayings/proverbs in her music. She is also very passionate about cultural preservation and documentation in the diaspora through oral storytelling of long-forgotten African folklore and has authored an original compilation of short stories for children titled 'Seven Afrofolk Tales in Seven Days: Original folklore inspired by the past and present'. She translates in the Yoruba language for ADEPt.