Current research and publications
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2014. Postcolonial Theatre and the Question of Identity: The Parable of
Hayavana by Girish Kanard. In The Performer: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts, vol. 16. Pp. 134 - 147
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2014. Trapped in Tradition?: Critics and the Search for the “New Woman” in Creative Arts. In Creative Arts. The Redeemers’ University Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies Vol. 1 number 2. (April) 2014. pp45 – 55.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2013. Challenging the Masters, Breaking the Jinx: Pioneer Theatre Women in Focus. In Nsukka Journal of the Humanities, Number 21. P. 94 – 106. GIF: 0.616
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2012. Contemporary Nigerian Female Playwrights: A Study in Ideology and Themes. Saarbrucken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & co. KG. ISBN: 978-3-659-10362-9
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2012. The Playwright Must be Relevant, Proactive and at Times Pre-empt Society” — Interview with Nigerian Playwright, Director and Actor Ahmed Yerima. In Critical Stages: The International Association of Theatre Critics Webjournal, December (2012) Issue 7.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2012. ‘Anatomy of Ruthless Power’ or Misplaced Aggression: A Study of The Days of Woe and A play of Giants. In International Journal of Research in Arts and Social Sciences (IJRASS)Vol. 4. P 290 – 303. ISSN: 2141-8349
• Udengwu, Ngozi and Victor Ukaegbu. 2012. Whose Theatre? Women in Nigerian Theatre. In African Performance Review Vol. 6. No. 1. pp7 – 16.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2011. Theatre on Demand: Stella Oyedepo – Theatrical Megastar of the Twenty-first Century. In Trends in Twenty-first Century African Theatre and Performance. Ed. Kene Igweonu. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press. 341 – 366. ISBN: 978-90-420-3386-3. E-Book ISBN: 978-94-012-0082-0
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2011. No Matter Whose Ox is Gored. Interview with Stella Oyedepo, in Critical Stages:The International Association of Theatre Critics Webjournal, December Issue No. 5
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2010. Cultural Literacy and the Educational Empowerment of Women in the 21st Century. Ed. Osita Okagbue. African Performance Review. Vol. 4 No. 1 (2010). London: Adonis and Abbey Publishers Ltd. P. 35 – 50.
Research archive
Selected previous publications
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 1998. Theatre and National Development: The Nigerian
Situation. Nigerian Journal of Arts and Social Sciences Ed. J.C. Okoye. Volume 2 Numbers 1& 2. P. 77 – 82.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2002. Children’s Theatre and Participation in a Democratic Environment. Theatre and Democracy in Nigeria. Eds. Ahmed Yerima and Ayo Akinwale. Ibadan: Craft Books Limited. P. 136 – 145.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2002. Three Female Playwrights in Nigeria: A Question of Identity. Nigerian Theatre Journal. Ed. Jenks Okwori. Volume 7, Number 1. P. 133 – 139.
• Udengwu, Ngozi and Obiajulu Emejulu. 2006. The Heart of Literacy Darkness: A Holistic Approach to Addressing the Literacy Instruction Problem in a Rural Nigerian Community. Ed. Joseph Aliyu and Louisa Uwatt. Reading and Literacy in Nigeria, Vol.11, No. 1. P. 12 – 17.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2006. In Search of a Feminist Theatre in Nigeria. Ed. Clementina Abone, Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh and Alex Asigbo. The Creative Artist A Journal of Theatre Arts and Media Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 . Awka: Valid Publishing Company. P. 30 – 40.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2007. Negotiating the Image of Women in African Drama. Ed. Emeka Otagburuagu. Ikenga: International Journal of African Studies. Vol. 9, numbers 1 & 2. 67 – 77.
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2009. The Feminism of Femi Osofisan. Eds.
Tunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola. Emerging Perspectives on Femi Osofisan. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc. P. 199-215. ISBN: 1-59221-698-6 – ISBN: 1-59221-699-4 (pbk)
• Udengwu, Ngozi. 2009. Resistance or ‘Shadowboxing’: A Study of Irene Salami-Agunloye’s Sweet Revenge and Stella Oyedepo’s The Rebellion of the Bumpy-Chested. In Emmy Unuja Idegu (Ed) Feminst Aesthetic and Dramaturgy of Irene Salami-Agunloye. A Publication of the Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos. Kaduna: TW Press and Publishers. P. 14 – 31. ISBN: 978-978-908-249-0
