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- Title
Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko.
- Authors
Franceschi, Leonardo De; Ellerson, Beti
- Abstract
Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko, who journeyed to Italy in 1962, was among the first Nigerians to study there, receiving her diploma in music studies. She then began a three-year program in Mass Communications in 1965, specializing in cinematography. For her final project she wrote her thesis entitled Cinema e Africa Nera, on Africa and cinema , published as a book, in Italian, in 1968, as well as, the autobiographical novel, Io odio, tu odi. Joy Nwosu was born in Enugu, Anambra State of southeastern Nigeria, now retired. A musician trained in Santa Cecilia, Rome, she obtained her Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan, USA, and taught music for thirty-five years. She writes, performs, and records folk songs, and has written and published extensively in national and international scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. Her short story "I Come from Utopia" was published in African Voices , Spring/Summer, 2007. Her first English novel, Mirror of Our Lives: Voices of Four Igbo Women, was published in 2011, and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Contest in 2012. Her most recent book, The Legend of the Walking Dead: Igbo Mythologies, is a journey into the mysteries of life and death of the Igbos of Nigeria. This section focuses on the important though little-known work produced during her time in Italy, as well as her student and lived experiences while there.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; ITALY; ENGLISH fiction; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL fiction; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; SCHOLARLY periodicals; FOLK songs; JOY
- Publication
Black Camera: The New Series, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 2, p225
- ISSN
1536-3155
- Publication type
Interview