Obumneke Anyanwu

Postgraduate Officer

postgrad@ictmd.ie

Obumneke Anyanwu is a PhD candidate in Musicology at Dublin City University and recipient of the prestigious Irish Research Council/ Research Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship (2024–2027). She holds an M.A. in Music and Multimedia, awarded cum laude by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her research focuses on film music in African screen cultures, with a particular emphasis on Nollywood. She is the founder of the Society for Music in Screen in Africa and has successfully organized its inaugural conference. Her forthcoming publication includes a chapter on film music in Nigeria, which will appear in “The Cambridge Global History of Film Music,” to be published by Cambridge University Press. Obumneke’s passion for music and film music pedagogy guides her future career in teaching the art.