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Tanure Ojaide

academic, professor of Africana studies, Nigerian writer
Person human Q7683918

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
1948, April 1948[2][8]
Place of birth
Nigeria
Country of citizenship
Nigeria[9]
Occupation
poet, university teacher, literary critic, professor, writer
Employer
University of North Carolina at Charlotte[16]
Field of work
African studies, creative writing, academic, literary criticism, poetry, literature[10][11][12][13][14][15]
Educated at
International Writing Program, Syracuse University, University of Ibadan, Federal Government College Enugu[17]
Notable work
In the House of Words, Invoking the Warrior Spirit[18][19]
Official website
pages.uncc.edu[24]
Work location
Charlotte
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Nigerian Pidgin
Academic appointment
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Department of Africana Studies
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts[21][22][23]
Affiliation
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Contributed to creative work
African Literary Aesthetics: Continuity and Change
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of North Carolina at Charlotte, WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/NCMC NC Names Authority, WikiProject UNC Charlotte Library
🏷️ Also known as
en Ojaide, Tanure en Ojaide, Moses Tanure en Ojaide, T. en T. Ojaide en Tanure Moses Ojaide en Tanure Ojaide de Tanure Moses Ojaide
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000083504159
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6918-2971
VIAF cluster ID
2523727
Library of Congress authority ID
n80105889
GND ID
104329572
OpenAlex ID
A5068695939as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
BIBSYS ID
90239316
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122260359
CANTIC ID
981061506224206706
CBDB.cz author ID
65634
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11946816
CiNii Research ID
1140845216696982784
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DDB person (GND) ID
104329572
Dimensions author ID
016436271567.38
FAST ID
59364
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_104329572
Freebase ID
/m/02pykb3
Goodreads author ID
71571
Hoopla artist ID
1607421526
IdRef ID
030945917
Libris-URI
1zcfhptk2k6rv30
LinkedIn personal profile ID
tanure-ojaide-112456ba
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA12377786
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2015861407
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007445921005171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:C1vY;=Bp
National Library of Nigeria ID
Amaurobiidae
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1174642
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074844989
Open Library ID
OL77380A
RERO ID (legacy)
A003653850
SBN author ID
TO0V165257
SELIBR ID
219857
SHARE Catalogue author ID
765713
SNAC ARK ID
w6r92kjq
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
3399
Web feed URL
pages.charlotte.edu
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfmtQ7Tq8t77TW7VGXWXd
Yale LUX ID
person/34688f9b-d49d-492b-b0b3-f5ba3b74b6e1

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 5
literature, poetry, literary criticism, creative writing, academic
Occupation 5
writer, poet, professor, university teacher, literary critic
Academic degree 3
Doctor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
Educated at 3
Syracuse University, University of Ibadan, International Writing Program
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Nigerian Pidgin
Affiliation 1
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Country of citizenship 1
Nigeria
Employer 1
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Instance of 1
human
National Library of Nigeria ID 1
Amaurobiidae
Place of birth 1
Nigeria
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
Charlotte
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Summary

Born in Nigeria[1], he… he was born on January 1, 1948[2]. He worked as a poet[3], university teacher[4], literary critic[5], professor[6], and writer[7].

Body

Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include African studies[10], an academic discipline[25]; creative writing[11], a field of study[26]; academic[12], a profession[27]; literary criticism[13], a literary genre[28]; poetry[14], a literary form[29]; and literature[15], a type of arts[30].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include In the House of Words[18], a written work[31] and Invoking the Warrior Spirit[19], a written work[32].

FAQs

Where was Tanure Ojaide born?

Tanure Ojaide's place of birth was Nigeria[1].

What did Tanure Ojaide do for work?

Tanure Ojaide worked as poet[3], university teacher[4], literary critic[5], professor[6], and writer[7].

Where did Tanure Ojaide go to school?

Tanure Ojaide was educated at International Writing Program[17].

Related Entities

creative writing Nigeria poetry

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [19] ↑ . opac.nln.gov.ng. opac.nln.gov.ng. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . pages.uncc.edu. Retrieved . pages.uncc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Notable work: Invoking the Warrior Spirit, move qualifier Reference URL to reference"
  2. 4w ago · Ngozi Azu · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notable work → In the House of Words, Invoking the Warrior Spirit
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  3. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['dag', 'de', 'en', 'ig', 'simple', 'so']
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    Date of birth → +1948-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1948-04-00T00:00:00Z
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    Occupation → poet, university teacher, literary critic +2
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