Stephen Kekeghe

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Stephen Ese Kekeghe (born on 10 October 1982) is a Nigerian writer, scholar and academic. His poetry collection Rumbling Sky (2020) is a joint winner of the Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Poetry in 2021, and his play Broken Edges (2023) was shortlisted for the Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize for Drama in 2023. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Kekeghe was born into an Urhobo family in 1982 in Imode, Delta State, Nigeria. [1] [3]

He completed his primary education at Baba-Ido Primary School in Okwagbe, Delta State, in 1995, and his secondary education at St. Vincent’s College, Okwagbe, in 2001, where he served as editor of the college press club. [3]

Kekeghe obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Literary Studies from Delta State University, Abraka, in 2007. He later earned a master’s degree in literature from the University of Ibadan in 2012 and completed his PhD in Literature and Medicine at the same institution in 2018.

He has held teaching positions at the College of Education, Warri, and Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo. While at Ajayi Crowther University, he founded the ACU Creative Writers’ Club in 2021 and subsequently served as Head of the Department of English.

Kekeghe is currently a faculty member in the Department of English and Literary Studies at Delta State University, Abraka, where he teaches African Literature, Literature and Popular Culture, and Medical Humanities. His work has appeared in journals and edited volumes published by Taylor & Francis, Brill, and Springer.

In 2020, he developed a theoretical framework known as Pathotextualism, which explores the representation of disease and clinical experience in literature and popular culture.

Literary works

Published works

Co-authored and co-edited books

Poetry

Kekeghe's poetry has appeared in several anthologies, including 22 Voices for WPD, (2022), Sorosoke: An #EndSARS Anthology, Rising Voices: Rhythms in Honour of Professor Remi Raji-Oyelade, Abraka Voices (2010) and Words Without Borders (2012). [1]

Scholarly contributions

Kekeghe has published contributions on medical humanities and postcolonial studies, including:

Awards and recognition

Kekeghe has received several awards and nominations, including

Personal life

Kekeghe is married to Abigail Kekeghe. They have three children: Emuesiri, Ebruphiyo and Erhuvwu. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stephen E. Kekeghe". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  2. ↑ Solanke, STEPHEN O. (PhD); Kekeghe, STEPHEN E. (PhD); Kadiri, Razak Aare (2023-10-31). "ORAL AESTHETICS AND SOCIOPOLITICAL TEMPERS IN TANURE OJAIDE'S INVOKING THE WARRIOR SPIRIT". International Journal of Humanities, Literature and Art Research. ISSN   1116-2619.
  3. 1 2 3 "Delta State University, Abraka Nigeria | Official School Website". www.delsu.edu.ng. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  4. 1 2 Umukoro, Beauty Esiophunevu; Ojaruega, Enajite E. (2025-05-15). "POSTCOLONIAL TRAUMA: SOCIOPOLITICAL REPRESSION AND MENTAL DISINTEGRATION IN STEPHEN KEKEGHE'S BROKEN EDGES". Existentia: Concrescence Journal of Arts and Humanities. 3 (1).
  5. ↑ Ojetobor, Thelma (2022-05-24). "Sociopolitical Depreciation And Redemptive Fervour In Stephen Kekeghe's Rumbling Sky". Oasis Magazine - Nigeria's Trusted Online News Magazine. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  6. ↑ Abodunrin, Akintayo (2025-05-17). "Testament to a life lived deliberately without borders". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  7. ↑ https://nou.edu.ng/coursewarecontent/ENG801.pdf
  8. 1 2 "Creativity and the Burden of Thoughts". Brill Academic Publishers. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  9. ↑ Kekeghe, Stephen Ese (2020-04-29). "Mental Health, Minority Discourse and Tanure Ojaide's Short Stories" . Taylor & Francis: 325–338. doi:10.4324/9780429354229-29. ISBN   978-0-429-35422-9. Archived from the original on 2025-05-07. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
  10. ↑ Kekeghe, Stephen E. (2022), Rezaei, Nima (ed.), "Art, Medicine, and Public Health: Synergizing Humanistic and Medical Strategies in Managing a Pandemic" , Multidisciplinarity and Interdisciplinarity in Health, Integrated Science, vol. 6, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 509–523, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96814-4_22, ISBN   978-3-030-96814-4 , retrieved 2025-08-15
  11. ↑ Kekeghe, Stephen; Ilolo, Oghenekaro; Akuburunwa, Hilary (2025-07-01). "Humour in the euphemisation of depravities, dread and distress in selected Nigerian comic skits of Sabinus". The European Journal of Humour Research. 13 (2): 111–139. doi: 10.7592/EJHR.2025.13.2.1018 . ISSN   2307-700X.
  12. ↑ Kekeghe, Stephen; Ilolo, Oghenekaro; Akuburunwa, Hilary (2025). "Nollywood and the hybrid postcolonial space: cultural nationalism and identities construction in Kayode Kasum's Afamefuna" . African Identities. 0: 1–22. doi:10.1080/14725843.2025.2501805. ISSN   1472-5843.
  13. ↑ Jeremiah, Urowayino (2021-11-14). "Okowa felicitates with ANA Prize winner,Stephen Kekeghe". Vanguard News. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  14. ↑ Amos (2021-11-15). "Okowa congratulates ANA prize winner". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  15. ↑ "Deputy Senate President congratulates winner of ANA Prize, Kekeghe". Valuechain. 2025-08-07. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  16. ↑ "History | Association of Nigerian Authors". www.ananigeria.org. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
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