Michael Chikelu Mbabuike (August 1943 – December 2006) was a Nigerian poet, professor, and linguist. He held the chair of African Studies in the Humanities Department at Hostos Community College of the City University of New York, and was president of the Faculty Senate there.
An Igbo, Mbabuike obtained his bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka campus. He received his master's degree and doctorate in literature at the Sorbonne, Paris, France. He came to the United States in the late 1970s. In addition to being a professor he was director of the Center for Igbo Studies at Hostos Community College. He was twice president of the New York African Studies Association (NYASA).
Selected works 1988 "A survey of cultural and normative changes within the Ibo family structure in the last two decades"Mbabuike, Michael C. (1988) "A survey of cultural and normative changes within the Ibo family structure in the last two decades" Présence Africaine. Number 146 (2nd trimestre): pages 120-126 1995 "Architecture of a National Literature in Africa: Problematics of Identity and Structure"Mbabuike, Michael C. (1995) "Architecture of a National Literature in Africa: Problematics of Identity and Structure" Canadian Journal of African Studies 29(3): pages 482-495 1997 Nigeria thirty years after the civil warMbabuike, Michael C. et al. (1997) Nigeria thirty years after the civil war Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1998 Poems of Memory Trips Mbabuike, Michael C. (1998) Poems of Memory Trips Sungai, Princeton, New Jersey,
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Further reading Uwazurike, P. Chudi (2007) "On Mbabuike's Nigerian American Intellectual Journeys: A Personal Tribute" Dialectical Anthropology 31: pages 111–125
External links Brief biography of Michael C. Mbabuike from KWENU, accessed 30 December 2008 Obaze, Oseloka (2007) "The sun has set at noon: An elegy for Prof. Michael Chikelu Mbabuike" KNENU, 7 January 2007, accessed 30 December 2008