The Achebe Colloquium on Africa, the legacy project established by the famed Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, brings together an international cast of leading and emerging scholars, high-level representatives of African governments, international agencies,  the United States, the European Union, and civil society and policy organizations and stakeholders for intense deliberation on pressing issues affecting the African continent, from good governance, economic growth, and resource management, to climate change, cultural loss, health and education.

A high-level platform for imagining, assessing, and keeping pace with the ideas, realities, and futures of Africa by the continent’s finest minds. The lectures are established to bring greater visibility, from the perspective of Africa to Princeton’s support of knowledge production about Africa. The lectures will take place in October.

AWI aims to mobilize additional resources to enhance cutting-edge research and academic exploration in the field of African Studies. As part of this goal, AWI proudly sponsors seven postdoctoral fellows within the Program in African Studies. These scholars represent a diverse array of disciplines and research interests, each contributing uniquely to our understanding of Africa’s rich cultural, historical, and socio-political landscape. 

We will host researchers and scholars from African public and private sector institutions on short term visits. Visitors will not be expected to teach; rather they will work on specific research projects alongside their sponsoring Princeton collaborators.