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Book Extract: Prof. David Iyornongu Ker who died on 27 August 2021 would have been 71 on 6 June 2022. This essay  “David Iyornongu Ker: A Man of Letters Role and Impact,” appeared as chapter one in Y.A. Ochefu, P.I. Ukase, P.T. Vande and N.O. Doki, eds., Odysseys of an Academic Administrator and Politician: Essays in Honour of Professor David I. Ker at Seventy, Greatnex Publishers, Makurdi, 2021. The volume was published to mark his seventieth birthday.

David Iyornongu Ker: A Man of Letter’s Role and Impact Terhemba Wuam Introduction The time is ripe for an appreciation of the role of Professor David Iyornongu Ker in the intellectual firmament of Nigeria. Such an attempt calls for first, an appraisal and evaluation of his impact on literature in Nigeria and, second, his contributionsContinue reading “Book Extract: Prof. David Iyornongu Ker who died on 27 August 2021 would have been 71 on 6 June 2022. This essay  “David Iyornongu Ker: A Man of Letters Role and Impact,” appeared as chapter one in Y.A. Ochefu, P.I. Ukase, P.T. Vande and N.O. Doki, eds., Odysseys of an Academic Administrator and Politician: Essays in Honour of Professor David I. Ker at Seventy, Greatnex Publishers, Makurdi, 2021. The volume was published to mark his seventieth birthday.”