ANIH Uchenna Bethrand (PhD)
Email address(es): uchanih@oauife.edu.ng/uchanimonami@yahoo.fr
Office Address: Block H Room 3 Utilities Building, OAU, Ile-Ife
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2891-5830
Academic Qualifications: B.A. (French), M.Phil (African Literature in French, PhD. (African Literature in French)
Areas of Specialization: Francophone African Literature, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Law and Literature
Title of M.A. Thesis: Critique sociale et question de la femme dans Douceurs du bercail et Festins de la détresse d’Aminata Sow Fall
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Une analyse critique de la représentation du handicap dans le roman
francophone d’Afrique noire après l’indépendance
Fellowships (If any): African Humanities Program (American Council of Learned Societies)
2018
Research Grants (If any):
Ongoing Current Research: (i) Reading Fatou Diome’s Les veilleurs de Sangomar through
the Stiwanist Lens
(ii)Broken Bodies, Unbroken Spirit: Representations of Physical and Political Disability in Sony Labou Tansi’s La vie et demie
(iii) Echoes of Empire: Colonial Legacies and Gendered Silence in Djaili Amadou Amal’s Les impatientes
- List of Publications: Contribution to Books:
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2013) “Cendres et braises de Ken Bugul: Perspective womaniste” Existentialism, Literature and the Humanities: Essays in Honour of Professor Benedict Ibitokun, Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen, Germany, pp. 261-271.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2013) “La critique de la violence dans Festins de détresse d’Aminata Sow Fall » French Language in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of UFTAN Pacesetters, University French Teachers Association of Nigeria/Mindex Publishing Co. Ltd. Benin City, Nigeria, pp. 187-197.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2019) “Disabling the Deformed: A Law-Literature Reading of Aminata Sow Fall’s The Beggars’ Strike” The Idea of African Fiction: Essays in Honour of Professor Chima Anyadike, Obafemi Awolowo University Press, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, pp. 133-146.
- Published Journal Articles:
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2013) “En-gendering Leadership with the Stiwanist Ideology in Aminata Sow Fall’s L’ex-père de la nation. Ife Studies in African Literature and the Arts. Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife, Nigeria, vol. 8, pp. 190-202.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2013). “A Womanist Reading of Douceurs du bercail of Aminata Sow Fall” African Cultures and Literatures: A Miscellany. Rodopi, Netherlands/USA, vol. 41, pp. 105-124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401209151_009
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2016) “Between the Subversive Pen and the Blasphemous Microphone: A Comparative Study of Calixthe Beyala’s Amours sauvages and Saint Janet’s Faaji Matatu: Journal of African Culture and Society. Brill/Rodopi, USA/The Netherlands, vol. 48, N0. 2, pp. 253-266. DOI : https://doi.org/10.1163/18757.421-04802002
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2018) “Les handicapés dans l’imaginaire de Fatou Diome : Une relecture de Celles qui attendent » International Journal of Francophone Studies, Intellect Publishers, United Kingdom, 21, N0. 1-2, pp. 53-67. DOI : http://doi.org/10.1386/ijfs.21.1-2.53_1
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2018) “Not a Funny Matter”: A Legal Reading of Female Rights in Guillaume Oyono’s Trois prétendants … un mari” ODU : A Journal of West African Studies. Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, N0. 47, pp. 62-74.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2020) “Writing for the Voiceless: A Literary Activist Reading of Sylvain Ken Zoh’s La voie de ma rue” Ife Journal of Foreign Languages. Department of Foreign Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, N0. 11, 1-11.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand (2020). “Being Male, Being African: Reflections on African Masculinities in Fatou Diome’s Celles qui attendent” Ife Journal of Foreign Languages. Department of Foreign Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, N0. 11, pp. 73-80.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2021) “La littérature au service des enfants privés de droits : Une évaluation de La voie de ma rue de Sylvain Ken Zoh à la lumière des principes juridiques » Uniosun Journal of Foreign Language Studies, Department of French, Osun State University, Ikire, Nigeria, Vol. 3, N0.1&2, pp. 64-77.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2021) “Fiction of Afflictions: Representation of Madness and Albinism in Ken Bugul’s La folie et la mort” Working Papers: Journal of English Studies, Department of English, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Vol. 12, N0.1, pp. 1-12.
- Saah Nengou, Clotaire & Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2022) « Une réévaluation esthétique du handicap à partir de quelques romans francophones africains » Sociotexte : Revue de sociologie de l’Afrique littéraire, Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, N0. 12, pp. 178-191.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand (2022) « La question de stigmate et de politique identitaire dans la création des handicapés : Etude de Les petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix à la lumière des études du handicap » Maiduguri Journal of Linguistics and Literary Studies, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, Vol. 19, pp. 168-184.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand (2023), « Une redéfinition du féminisme africain dans Femme nue, femme noire de Calixthe Beyala, romancière à contre-courant”, International Journal of Francophone Studies, Intellect Publishers, United Kingdom, Vol. 26, N0. 1 & 2, pp. 75–87, https://doi.org/10.1386/ijfs_00056_5
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand (2024), “The Paradox of Childhood Motif in Camara Laye’s The African Child and Ahmadou Kourouma’s Allah is Not Obliged” Uniuyo Journal Of Humanities, University of Uyo, Nigeria, Vol. 28, N0. 1, pp. 66-76.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2025) “Lamentations d’un patriarchiste : Analyse d’Ah ! Les femmes de Isaïe Biton Koulibaly comme une réplique aux écrits féministes » Journal of Modern European Languages and Literatures. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria, Vol. 19, N0. 1, pp. 21-31.
- Anih, Uchenna Bethrand. (2025) « Pour une pédagogie inclusive : vers l’intégration des Disability Studies dans le programme de la littérature francophone africaine des universités nigérianes » Mouvances Francophones, University of Western Ontario, Canada, Vol. 10. N0. 2, pp.1-7 DOI : https://doi.org/10.5206/mf. v10i2.22964.
- Anih Uchenna Bethrand (2024) “Entre caricature et stigmatisation : Présentation des bossus dans Contes d’Amadou Koumba de Birago Diop » International Journal of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Port Harcourt, 1, N0. 1, 14-25, Nigeria.