CV / RESUME
PROFILE
Yvonne Mbanefo's career sits at the intersection of digital media, cultural heritage and education, deploying technology as an active tool to educate people through storytelling. She has a deep interest in the relationship between everyday life, individual experiences, power structures, and cultural forms in different communities, as well as ways in which to use them to foster cultural intelligence across societies. She has gained a reputation as a cultural consultant in various projects like film, radio, theatre productions, book publishing and other heritage related projects. She is best known for her work in Igbo Studies and advocacy for African languages.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Hybrid Role (Cultural Consultant / Historical Researcher / Film Producer ) Sept 2019 - Present
Stelo Stories Ltd
Stelo Studios is an innovative film studio that combines storytelling with technology.
Research Associate / Information Designer
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021
Museum Affordances (The Re-entanglement Project)
A Decolonisation Project re-engaging with a remarkable ethnographic archive collected by Northcote Thomas www.re-entanglements.net
Company Director & Digital Strategist
May 2010- Present
T-One Technologies Limited, London
IT services and Internet Marketing
Cultural Consultant, Translation, Transcription, Historical Research
March 2011 - Present
Various Organisations including :
The UK Justice system, Universities, TED Conferences, BBC, Arsenal Football Club, UK National Theatre, UK Office of National Statistics, DuSable Museum Chicago, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge, The South London Gallery, Moonlighting Film Production services (Cape Town, South Africa), Host Publishers (Czech Republic), Anambra Broadcasting Service Radio/TV (Nigeria) and the British Library.
Lecturer of IT, Social Media Marketing & Internet Entrepreneurship Sept 2009 – Aug 2014
Dept of Technology Management and Enterprise,
School of Engineering and Technology
University of Greenwich, London, UK
Language Translator,
Feb 2015 – Dec 2017
TED Conferences
Translation and subtitling of videos in Igbo and English Language
Co-Founder and Co-Convener, Igbo Studies Initiative March 2012 – Present
The Annual International Igbo Conference (in collaboration with SOAS, University of London).
Forum that brings academia and members of the community together for discussions on Igbo studies.
www.Igboconference.com
Founder, Tutor & Content Creator
Learn Igbo Now
Feb 2011 - Present
Learn Igbo Now www.LearnIgboNow.com
Resources for studying Igbo Language & Culture
EDUCATION
Urban & Regional Planning (Town Planning)
1993-1997
University of Nigeria
BSc (Hons) Digital Media,
1999-2002
London Metropolitan University
PGCHE, Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education,
2009-2010
University of Greenwich
MAODE, Masters in eLearning & Instructional Design,
2009-2011
Open University UK
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA),
2011- To Date
United Kingdom
Visiting Scholar / Research Associate
2021 - To Date
SOAS, University of London
PUBLICATIONS
Books (Click Here for my Amazon Author Page )
Okowaokwu Igbo Umuaka : Igbo Dictionary for Children
Igbo Alphabet Colouring Book: Akwukwo Agba Mkpuruedemede Igbo
Gini ka Osa na-eme? What is Squirrel doing?: An Igbo-English Dual Language Storybook
My Book of Yoruba Words and Pictures
My Book of Igbo Words and Pictures
My Book of Hausa Words and Pictures
Abidii Igbo : The Igbo Alphabet: An Igbo-English Picture Book
