Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi was a former Acting Head of the Department of

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in the

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at the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...

, Nigeria. He was also

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of the

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. Ekwuazi currently acts as a

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in several awards competitions and festivals, including the

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, and is an adjunct lecturer at the School of Media and Communication at

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in Lagos, Nigeria.

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External links

Hyginus Ekwuazi profile
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Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Living people Nigerian film critics Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-film-bio-stub