Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Two illuminating documentaries on Palestine

MERELY dangling a series of honorifics somewhat points to why Naija (with all its NATURAL and DEVELOPMENTAL HUMAN capacities) keeps CIRCLING the wagon (developmentally speaking). 

Oohay 

On Monday, September 22, 2025, 10:28 AM, Osakue Omoera <osakueomoera@gmail.com> wrote:

No qualms, Prof Gloria Emeagwali. FIMIM stands for Fellow of the Institute of Mass Communication and Information Management of Nigeria. I was inducted as an associate member in 2006 and I grow through the ranks to become a fellow. FTA stands for Fellow of Theatre Arts. It was awarded by the National Association of Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) in Nigeria. I have practiced theatre arts since 1993 till date and the body in its wisdom decided to make a fellow having gone through its set processes it. M.SONTA is member of the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA). I have been a member since 2006 and currently the Vice President (Programmes and Projects). I have served the Society in different capacities. GPA stands for Global Peace Ambassador, it was awarded by Manna Records International, registered in India for what the body called my service to Humanity in the area of Education and Volunteer Services in communities in Edo State and other areas in Nigeria. M.ACSPN stands for member of Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN). M.AMCRON stands for member of Association of Media and Communication Researchers of Nigeria (AMCRON). M.FEGON stands for member of Film Educators Guild of Nigeria (FEGON) and I currently serve as the President. All these professional and academic bodies are connected to current job as a Professor of Applied Media, Theatre and Film Studies. I hope I have provided some satisfactory explanation for your enlightenment? Shalom.

Osakue

Prof Osakue S. Omoera, Ph.D., FIMIM, FTA, M.SONTA, GPA, M.ACSPN, M.AMCRON, M.FEGON

Departments of Theatre and Film Studies and English and Communication Studies

Professor (Adjunct), Dept. of Mass Communication, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja

Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria 

President, Film Educators Guild of Nigeria (FEGON)

Vice-President (Programmes and Projects), Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists, Nigeria

Regional Editor (Nigeria), Africa Update, Central Connecticut State University, USA

Editor, Nigerian Theatre Journal (NTJ), Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA), Nigeria (2021-2025)

Editor/International Editorial Board, The Journal of Society and Media, UNESA, Indonesia

Editor, International Journal of Current Research in the Humanities (IJCRH), UCC, Ghana

Consulting Editor, National Theatre Monograph Series (NATMOS), Lagos, Nigeria

Editor, Theatre Scholarship Dialogue Series (TSDS), SONTA, Nigeria

Editor, Ogele: Journal of Theatre and Film Studies, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Editor, Ofuruma: Journal of the Humanities, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Editor, EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts, AAUE, Nigeria (2015-2021)

Editor, Journal of Arts and Communities (JAAC), Intellect, United Kingdom

Editor, Eboloo: Journal of Society, Environment and Development, SPGS-FUO, Bayelsa, Nigeria

Scopus ID: 56052398700; ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-7874

Web of Science ResearcherID R-7440-2019; AD Scientific Index ID 96625

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Emails:omoera@yahoo.com; osakueso@fuotuoke.edu.ng

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025, 12:03 PM Gloria Emeagwali <gloria.emeagwali@gmail.com> wrote:

Forgive my ignorance but can you

enlighten us  about FIMIM, FTA, M.SONTA, GPA, M.ACSPN, M.AMCRON, M.FEGON. What challenges did you face and what mountains did you climb to

attain them?What was the journey like?

How do they differ from each other?

Thanks

GE

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloria-emeagwali-9628188

On Sep 20, 2025, at 10:23, Osakue Omoera <osakueomoera@gmail.com> wrote:

., FIMIM, FTA, M.SONTA, GPA, M.ACSPN, M.AMCRON, M.FEGON

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