Mr. Chima Albert Abiakwu

Mr. Chima Albert Abiakwu is an ASSISTANT LECTURER in MUSIC DEPARTMENT Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Mr. Chima Albert Abiakwu

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Music Department, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Faculty/Unit:
FACULTY OF ARTS
Department/Sub-Unit:
MUSIC DEPARTMENT

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Interest Areas

African Music

Academic Qualifications

Degrees / Basic Certificates
1Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, State. (Master Degree, June, 2023)
October, 2019 to January, 2023
M.A African Music (Ethnomusicology)
2Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, State. (Bachelor Degree, August, 2016)
September, 2013 to June, 2016
Bachelor Of Arts Music
3Community Primary School Umuoba, Uratta Owerri North LGA Imo State. (FSLC, May, 2012)
September, 1995 to June, 2001
FSLC First School Leaving Certificate
4Mater Ecclesiae Seminary, Nguru Aboh Mbaise, Imo State. (SSCE, June, 2006)
September, 2000 to July, 2006
WAEC

Relevant/Working Experience

1Convener, African Youths for Change Initiative
April, 2020 to Present
2Graduate Assistant, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka
May, 2019 to Present
3Music Teacher, Austical International Memorial College
July, 2018 to April, 2019
4Music Teacher, Federal Government Girls College Tambuwal, Sokoto State
December, 2017 to November, 2018
5Director/Convener, Clementine Chorale and Orchestra
January, 2016 to Present
6Director/Convener, Harmony Crib Orchestra
June, 2015 to February, 2017
7Group Leader, Western Chorus Ensemble, Department of Music, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
September, 2014 to August, 2016

Creative Output

Book Chapters
1Chima Albert Abiakwu. (2022, September) Chapter Fifty-one: Improving the Performance of Techniques of Ese Music through Omenka Adibe's Recordings: A survey , pp 444-450
2Chima Albert Abiakwu. (2021, April) The Relevance and Contributions of Music to Socio-Political Awareness , Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 138-143
Journal Articles
1Eunice Ukamaka Ibekwe, Chima Albert Abiakwu. (2022, August), "Responsibility of Popular Musicians in Causing Social Change in Contemporary Nigeria: An Analytic Study", Journal of the Association of Nigerian Musicologists, Vol. 16, (Issue 1), pp 115-125
2Eunice Ukamaka Ibekwe, Chima Albert Abiakwu. (2022, July), "ROLES OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC IN THE REALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ONE AND THREE", Ugo Belu N'Oji, pp 154-167
3Eunice Ukamaka Ibekwe, Chima Albert Abiakwu. (2022, March), "Performance Techniques and Styles for the Udumala Mother Drum of Abigbo Ensemble", IGWEBUIKE: African Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 8, (Issue 1), pp 3-10
4Ebele Veronica Ojukwu, Chima Albert Abiakwu. (2019, November), "The Role of Music in Leadership Study: A Case Study of Governance of Imo State from 2011-2019", UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 20, (Issue 3), pp 99-118

Academic Leadership Qualities

Contributions to the University/Society
1Coordinator, "Nnamdi Azikiwe University Debate Club" (March, 2019)
2Leader, "All Nigerian Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC)" (November, 2019 to December, 2019)
3Director, "Clementine Theatre, the first indigenous theatre for the performing arts in Mbaise." (April, 2017)
4Leader, "Ahiara Catholic Diocese to Victory at the Old Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province Singing competition held at Enugu" (August, 2015)
5Member LOC, "The Annual Christmas concert and festival of songs, holden at the behest of HE. Emeka Ihedioha KSC, CON." (December, 2014)

Relevant Events Attended

Conferences
1"18th national conference of Association of Nigerian Musicologists", (Association of Nigerian Musicologists (ANIM)), 16th August, 2021 to 20th August, 2021; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
2"11th Annual International Conference of the Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.", (Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka), 24th October, 2019 to 26th October, 2019; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka