Photo of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaking at "From Apartheid to Darfur: Africa's Struggle Against Disdain" in 2007 at Black Mountain Institute.

Creator

Black Mountain Institute

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Creation Date

10-1-2007

Keywords

Nigerian

Controlled Subject

Africa; Authors; Postcolonialism; World politics

Disciplines

African Languages and Societies | Arts and Humanities | Inequality and Stratification | Modern Literature | Political Science | Politics and Social Change | Race and Ethnicity | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies

Document Type

Image

File Format

jpeg

File Size

6.459 MB

Description

Preeminent Nigerian novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chris Abani, exiled writer Chenjerai Hove of Zimbabwe, and Zambian memoirist Alexandra Fuller join Nobel Laureate and BMI Senior Fellow Wole Soyinka and explore the myriad challenges facing Africa today: Why do despots continue to gain and remain in power? Has the legacy of colonialism permanently impaired pan-African unity? To what extent are Africans themselves responsible for solving the continent's seemingly intractable problems? And how should Western nations be held accountable for the war, famine, and genocide that continue to rage?

Time Period

2000-2009; 21st century

Place Name

Las Vegas (Nev.); Nevada