Emmanuel Effiong Johnson is a Nigerian thinker, filmmaker, poet and researcher. His life in its entirety has seen a concern about questions of identity and belonging in his surroundings. This is reflected in his films, poems, essays and conversations. He is currently a PhD researcher at Coventry University, where he immerses himself in the reality of Nigerian student experience in the UK.
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
Identity, Belonging and Performance: How it Feels to be a Nigerian Student of Faith in UK HE
Influences
Ofonime Johnson, Effiong Johnson, Martin Luther King (jnr), Katherine Wimpenny, Cornel West, Ken Fero, Duncan Clark, Fred Mudhai, Alun DeWinter
Main interests
Identity, Belonging, Cultural Studies, Education, Film, Media and Communications, Nigerian/African Lived Experience, Faith, Learning, Art
Notable Works
Parallel Identity (2015), To Grow a Tree (2019), The In-Between Space (2022)
