(vodamtte@hamilton.edu)
Vincent Odamtten joined the Hamilton faculty in 1985, after earning a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. While he specializes in African, Caribbean and African American literatures Odamtten also teaches science fiction and postcolonial criticism. He has published an acclaimed book, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo (1994), and has contributed articles to a number of critical anthologies, including Emerging Perspectives on Ama Ata Aidoo (1998), Challenging Hierarchies: Issues and Themes in Colonial and Post-Colonial Narratives (1997), Of Dreams Deferred, Dead Or Alive: African Perspectives on African-American Writers (1996) and Language in Exile: Jamaican texts of the 18th & 19th Century (1990). He was the director of the Africana Studies program at Hamilton from 1990-99. In the Spring of 2007, Broadening the Horizon: Critical Introductions to Amma Darko, a collection of articles edited by Odamtten, was published in England. Currently, he is researching the life and times of Togbi Sri II, Paramount Chief of the Anlo-Ewes of South-eastern Ghana, as part of a multimedia narrative project.
Vincent Odamtten joined the Hamilton faculty in 1985, after earning a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. While he specializes in African, Caribbean and African American literatures Odamtten also teaches science fiction and postcolonial criticism. He has published an acclaimed book, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo (1994), and has contributed articles to a number of critical anthologies, including Emerging Perspectives on Ama Ata Aidoo (1998), Challenging Hierarchies: Issues and Themes in Colonial and Post-Colonial Narratives (1997), Of Dreams Deferred, Dead Or Alive: African Perspectives on African-American Writers (1996) and Language in Exile: Jamaican texts of the 18th & 19th Century (1990). He was the director of the Africana Studies program at Hamilton from 1990-99. In the Spring of 2007, Broadening the Horizon: Critical Introductions to Amma Darko, a collection of articles edited by Odamtten, was published in England. Currently, he is researching the life and times of Togbi Sri II, Paramount Chief of the Anlo-Ewes of South-eastern Ghana, as part of a multimedia narrative project.