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Obi Nwakanma is part of the 2019 2nd Semester cohort at STIAS.

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Renascent Africa and cultural nationalism - Fellows' seminar by Obi Nwakanma

The foundation of modern African literature is rooted in the dynamics of Africa’s encounter with the world, and the attempts by her writers to enact a recovery from the ‘darker side’ of European enlightenment inside of which are colonialism and alienation.