
Emmanuel Effiong Johnson is a Nigerian researcher, filmmaker and poet. He is committed to research on identity, belonging, education and learning. He is currently in the latter stages of his PhD programme at Coventry University, where he explores Nigerian student experience and what it means to be educated. He is passionate about creative methods of research and accessibility of research outputs.
Born
Emmanuel Disu Effiong Johnson
12 November 1994
Abuja, Nigeria
Hometown
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Education
Coventry University [BA, MA, PhD (ongoing)]
EF Cambridge [University Foundation Diploma]
Bright Stars Model Secondary School [GCE Ordinary Level]
Thesis
Becoming Nigerian: An autoethnography of student experience involving participatory film

Main interests
Education, Film, Identity, Belonging, Learning, Media, Art-Research, Faith and Religion, Self-Expression, Communication, Lived Experience

Influences
Effiong Johnson, Ofonime Johnson, Katherine Wimpenny, Duncan Clark, Martin Luther King jr, Ken Fero, Alun Dewinter, Fred Mudhai, James Baldwin, Krzysztof Kieślowski
Notable Works
Parallel Identity (2015), To Grow a Tree (2019), Becoming Nigerian (2022)







