@unical.edu.ng
Lecturer, Modern Languages and Translation Studies/Faculty of Arts
University of Calabar
Yohanna Joseph Waliya is a lecturer and researcher at University of Calabar. He's a Nigerian digital poet, distant writer, ludokinetic writer, novelist, playwright, basic python programmer, winner of the Janusz Korczak Prize for Global South 2020, Electronic Literature Organization Research Fellow, UNESCO Janusz Korczak Fellow, Creator & Curator of MAELD and ADELD [2022 Emerging Open Scholarship Award: Honourable Mention, C-SKI], Executive Director of AELA& ADELI ( ), International Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference on Web and Social Media [ICWSM ] Scholar 2021-2022, Scrimba Scholar 2022-2023, and Hastac Scholar 2021-2023. He writes in English and French. Among his works are : La récolte de vie (play), Monde 2.0 (play), Hégémonie Disparue (novel), Quand l’Afrique se lèvera (novel), @TinyKorczak (Twitterbot-poetry), Climatophosis (digital poetry: The best use of DH for Fun 2020), Inferno 2.0 (ludokinetic poetry) etc.
2011-2014: B.A. Modern Languages, University of Calabar.
2008-2010: B.A. Religion Studies, NationsUniversity
2019-2023: M.A. French, Ahmadu Bello University
Arts and Humanities, Literature and Literary Theory, Global and Planetary Change, Cultural Studies
Scopus Publications
Scholar Citations
Scholar h-index
Scholar i10-index
N. Mujafarkani, Victoria Bassey, Jumbo J. Tokono, A. Jafar Ahamed, Innocent Benjamin, Daniel C. Agurokpon, Yohanna J. Waliya, and Hitler Louis
Elsevier BV
AWARDS & PRIZES
Scrimba scholarship 29th September 2022-29th March 2023
MAELD&ADELD: Emerging Open Scholarship Award:
Honourable Mention, Canadian-Social Knowledge Institute . 2022.
International Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference on Web and social media [ICWSM ] Scholarship . 2021-2022.
Hastac Scholarship 2021-2023.
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Prize for Global South 2020.
UNESCO Janusz Korczak Fellow 2020.
Electronic Literature Organization Research Fellow 2020.
Volkswagen Foundation & LSSDH Scholarship 2018.
Homboldt Colleg & LSSDH Scholarship 2017.
Prof. Margrate Okon’s Prize, University of Calabar, 2015.
Book worm of the year, LANSA, University of Calabar, 2013.
Federal Government Scholarship Ref. FSBA/FGSS/UG/13/084 2013.