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Osayimwense Osa is a Nigerian writer and professor of English and literature at various universities.

Background

Son of Johnson Nagbare (a head postmaster) and Osaruyi (a homemaker; maiden name, Da Silva) Osa, Mr.

Osa was born in Benin City, Nigeria, on June 27, 1951.

Education

Osayimwense Osa attended Ahmadu Bello University, between 1969 and 1973. In 1978 he finished University of New Brunswick earning his Master of Arts.

Osayimwense Osa has skillfully gathered essays for this special issue of JACYL on African-American children's literature.

Osayimwense Osa is the author of African Children's and Youth Literature () in the Twayne's World Authors Series, Foundation- Essays in Children's.

Towards the Mountain: An Autobiography.

The Journal of African Children's Literature [JACL] (Vol.

"In this colorful, lively analysis of selected African literature for young people, Osayimwense Osa Includes biography, criticism, and.

In 1981 Mr. Osa obtained Doctor of Education from University of Houston.

Career

Mr. Osa held the post of a senior lecturer in curriculum and instruction at Bendel State University (now Ambrose Alli University), Epoma, Nigeria, from 1983 till 1984, and in languages and literature from 1984-1989.

Since 1990 he served as a visiting professor of English at Georgia State University, Atlanta. He acted as an associate professor of English at Clark Atlanta Uni