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Ali Mazrui, Chevron, and the Embassy of Nigeria Honor Chinua Achebe

26 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by africaindc in DC Corridors of Power, Events, Uncategorized

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Adebowale Adefuye, Africa Society, Ali Mazrui, Biafra war, Chevron, Chinua Achebe, Johnetta Cole, Nigerian Embassy

2013-04-25 18.57.11

In what was probably not the most fitting of tributes, the Embassy of Nigeria and Chevron teamed up to support the most recent edition of the Africa Society’s Andrew Young lecture series.  The noted academic, Ali Mazrui, who I first became aware of while perusing the University of Ghana’s bookstore as an undergraduate, was the featured speaker for an event honoring the recently deceased African literary dean, Chinua Achebe.  Perhaps the most interesting point, which will please the Afro-pessimists out there, is that both of these African scholarly giants Continue reading →

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