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Re: Called out Igbo professors in the diaspora to start talking more about their research online

Posted by: Benjamin Onuorah

I wrote a viral post that called out Igbo professors in the diaspora to start talking more about their research online so that more people can reach out to them in the spirit of onye aghala Nwanne ya.

Well my post did not only go viral it had drawn out so many prestigious professors in the diaspora who are of Igbo descent.

First on the list is Prof Bright Alozie
Prof said 👇👇👇👇

I love your post—that’s the Igbo spirit of onyeaghala nwanne ya and African philosophy of Ubuntu!

As a Nigerian-Igbo professor, the director of our African Studies program, and the incoming chair of the Black Studies Department Portland State University, your message resonates so deeply and I appreciate your putting it out here.
Since I joined PSU, I have been dedicated to helping candidates from Africa join graduate programs here, even so my people, as long as they have excellent credentials and the right ambition/drive.

I started by getting myself hooked to the right committees at the university level that situated me in the decision making process of admissions and scholarships and also fighting to make sure that the English language requirement was waived for Nigerian (and by extension all English speaking African countries) applicants to my school.

For a few years running on my Twitter page (bryt_alozy), I was literally running an ad of sorts calling for applicants or candidates I would advise and take in as my masters students.

Year after year, I make sure that at least a dozen folks from home are admitted to my university, many of whom I helped in many ways to make it successfully here.
Safe to say, that I have a lot more masters students than I can even handle right now and two folks from Igbo extraction who are my teaching and research assistants with our African studies program.

Even during my PhD years ago, I kept supporting folks from home and before I left my program at WVU, there were at least three more Nigerians in my department.
Well, just putting it out there that my university is also a fertile ground for some brilliant minds to explore.

There is a certain nwanne di na mba here. Feel free to check out our university grad program page and my academic portfolio at www.brightalozie.com.
Daalu nu!

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I am literally shaking and in tears.
This is a revival
This is a crusade
You may say we are waisting our time here but we are building bridges and touching lives.
Umu nna Wu Ike !

By: Chioma Chinaka Chigozie-Okwum
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