[4][6][7][8] Emeka started his career in 1978 as a lecturer during his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) at Kano State Institute for Higher Education, northern Nigeria.
During his stays United States in late 1983 he was appointed Associate Professor and Chairman of Humanities at Edward Waters College, a four-year tertiary institution in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.
[8] The second is The Lion on the Ijele Dance: The plays of Emeka Nwabueze, a collection of more than forty essays edited by Ngozi Anyachonkeya in 2015.
[7] The last is titled In Our Own Words: The Colossal Strides of Emeka Nwabueze, with more than forty two essays, edited by Uche Nwaozuzu, Canice Nwosu and Emeka Aniagor in 2021 [6] with a public presentation by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Charles Igwe, during the 50th Convocation ceremony of the university where he made the following remarks;[1][2] Your avalanche of contributions to humanity's development is well-recognized and highly regarded.
In his much publicized essay, "Theoretical Construction and Constructive Theorising on the Execution of Ikemefuna in Achebe's Things Fall Apart: A Study in Critical Dualism" published in the American-based journal, Research in African Literatures, Nwabueze lays bare his contention that from an available analysis look of authorial voice Okonkwo's killing of Ikemefuna should be seen not as an intentional act but a combination of his paternal imago and an ordination by the gods.
If you believe in histrionics, the idea of standing out, distributing roles, delivering lines extemporaneously, it may not work effectively unless the person is well trained in the art.
His first major acting experience was in the film, My Father's Love produced by Andy Best Electronics and directed by Obi Okoli.
[11] His other two major features was in Rising Moon (a 2005 Nigerian drama film directed by Andy Nwakalor) where he played the major role of Igwe with Onyeka Onwenu, Justus Esiri Emeka Ike, before featuring in The Niger Mission with Professor Lazarus Ekwueme, Chiwetalu Agu and other renowned artists to depict the arrival of the CMS mission in Nigeria.
[12] In 1993, he was a member of the National Formative Evaluation of Federal Universities Sector Projects by the National Universities Commission and also member of the World Health Organisation team on the use of Drama to curb maternal mortality and Adolescent Pregnancy, in collaboration with the Nigerian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics.