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Conversing with Nina Oduro on African Development Jobs, Afropolitans, the Diaspora, Kwame Nkrumah & More

10 Friday Jan 2014

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African Development Jobs, African Diaspora, African Literature, African networking in DC, Afropolitan, Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, Nina Oduro, Posse Foundation, Shake Shack

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Nina Drinking Something Other Than a Milkshake in Ghana

I recently sat down for a fascinating conversation with the amazing Nina Oduro of African Development Jobs over a peanut butter milkshake (she had a caramel one) at Shake Shack.  Like my recent conversation with the indefatigable Winslow Robertson, I was surprised to note that Nina and I share some similar ties – she also went to school near my hometown, we both hold a strong interest in international education, question the term ‘Afropolitan’, and we have devised eerily similar Fulbright applications.

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