Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: The Making of a Literary Elite

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Book launch for Achebe and Friends at Umuahia: The Making of a Literary Elite by Terri Ochiagha. This is the first in-depth scholarly study of the literary awakening of the young intellectuals who became known as Nigeria's "first-generation" writers in the post-colonial period.

Visit the publisher's website to find out more about Achebe and Friends at Umuahia.

The interdisciplinary research group ‘Race and Resistance across Borders in the Long Twentieth Century’ brings together researchers in the history, literature and culture of anti-racist movements in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, the United States, and beyond.

Lunch will be provided.

 

Race and Resistance across Borders in the Long Twentieth Century

Contact name: Justine McConnell
Contact email: justine.mcconnell@classics.ox.ac.uk
Audience: Open to all