Helen Ovbiagele

Helen Aiyeohusa Ovbiagele (born 1944) is a Nigerian novelist. She was born in Benin City, and after attending C.M.S. Girls' School, Benin City, and St. Peter's College, Kaduna, she studied English and French at the University of Lagos and studied at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in London.[1] Her work is associated with the romance genre, published in Macmillan's hugely popular Pacesetter Novels series,[2][3][4] but her heroines are said to be a bit older and more independent than normal for that form. She was the Woman Editor of the Vanguard newspaper for 30 years.[5] Ovbiagele also penned several weekly columns for the Vanguard, including the highly popular Treena Kwenta single mum series,[6][7] Dear Rebecca Agony Aunt series, and an editorial column entitled Woman's Own.[8] Ovbiagele is the mother of Bruce Ovbiagele, founder of several global neuroscience organizations and programs;[9][10][11][12][13] and Desmond Ovbiagele, screen writer, film/documentary director, and movie producer.[14][15][16]

Bibliography

  • Evbu My Love (1981)
  • A Fresh Start (1982)
  • You Never Know (1982)
  • Forever Yours (1986)
  • Who Really Cares (1986)
  • The Schemers (1991)
  • Echoes of Evbu My Love (2024)

References

  1. ^ "A Fresh Start - Helen Ovbiagele". Product description. Victola Stores. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Helen Ovbiagele". Open Library.
  3. ^ Adeshina Afolayan, "The Art of Living and Dying: The Sartrean Moment in the World of Books" Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Nigerians Talk, 13 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Pacesetters", Sahara Reporters, 13 May 2010.
  5. ^ Ajayi, Babs (12 March 2006). "Notes from Travel to Lagos: A Shameful and Diplorable Miasma (2), Feature Article". Nigeria World. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Life with Treena Kwenta Archives". Vanguard News. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ^ Bryce, Jane (1997). "A Life on the Womaen's Page: Treena Kwenta's Diary". AfricaBib.org. Africa Bib bibliographic database. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  8. ^ "In the Vanguard of worthy causes and empathy". Vanguard News. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Society for Equity Neuroscience". SEQUINS.
  10. ^ "TRANSCENDS: Career Development Program for Underrepresented in Medicine Scholars in Academic Neurology". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Training Africans to Lead and Execute Neurological Trials & Studies (TALENTS) - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center.
  12. ^ Ovbiagele, Bruce (November 2020). "HEADS-UP: Understanding and Problem-Solving: Seeking Hands-Down Solutions to Major Inequities in Stroke". Stroke. pp. 3375–3381. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032442.
  13. ^ Gebreyohanns, Mehari; Akinyemi, Rufus O.; Owolabi, Mayowa O.; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Tagge, Raelle; Ovbiagele, Bruce (19 December 2023). "African Stroke Organization Conference 2022: Stroke in the Age of Emerging Challenges and Advances". Journal of the American Heart Association. doi:10.1161/JAHA.123.032647.
  14. ^ "Desmond Ovbiagele | Writer, Producer, Director". IMDb.
  15. ^ "Ovbiagele, Desmond | African Film Festival, Inc".
  16. ^ "Why I dumped banking job for showbiz - Desmond Ovbiagele". Vanguard News. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2025.


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