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Ahmed Parker Yerima (born 8 May 1957) is a Nigerian academic, professor playwright and
theater director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
. He was director-general of the Nigerian National Theatre, and has previously served as director of the National Troupe. He is a professor of Theater and Performing Arts and has been dean of the College of Humanities at Redeemer's University since 2013.


Early life

Yerima was born on 8 May 1957 in Lagos, where he had his primary education. He went on to
Baptist Academy Lagos Baptist Academy is a secondary school located in Obanikoro, Lagos, Nigeria. The school was established in 1855 by the American Baptist Missionaries. The school is regarded as a sister school to Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls' Secondary Schoo ...
in Obanikoro, Lagos, for his secondary education.


Works

Though Yerima wrote in different genres of literature, most of his works are historical plays. Prominent among these are: ''The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen'', ''Attahiru'', ''Ameh Oboni the Great'', ''The Angel'', ''The Twist'', ''Uncle Venyil'', ''The Bishop and the Soul'', ''The Wives'', ''The Mirror Cracks'', ''The Lottery Ticket'', ''Kaffir's Last Game'', ''The Sisters'', ''Mojagbe'', ''Little Drops'', ''Heart of Stone'', ''Yemoja'', ''Orisa Ibeji'', ''Otaelo'', and ''Hard Ground''. His use of proverbs in three of his plays has been described and analysed by Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni.Ehineni, Taiwo Oluwaseun. 2016. THE PRAGMATICS OF YORÙBÁ PROVERBS IN AHMED YERIMA’S ''IGATIBI'', ''AJAGUNMALE'', AND ''MOJAGBE''. ''Issues in Intercultural Communication'' 4.1:61–71.


Further reading

*Eruaga, Abigail Obiageli. "Patriarchy and Illusion of Women Empowerment in Ahmed Yerima's ''Jakadiya''." ''Ibadan Journal of English Studies'' 7 (2018):211–220.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yerima, Ahmed 1957 births 20th-century Nigerian novelists 21st-century male writers 21st-century Nigerian novelists Alumni of University College London Living people Nigeria Prize for Literature winners Nigerian dramatists and playwrights Nigerian male novelists Obafemi Awolowo University alumni