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This year 2023 marks the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Achebe’s blistering, 67-page critique The Trouble with Nigeria. Although focused on his nation, the 2023 general elections of which coincide with The Trouble with Nigeria’s print commemoration, that little book might as well be Achebe’s timeless meditation on leadership and statecraft in Africa. Is the glass of the nation-state and governance in Nigeria and Africa more broadly half-full, hall-empty, or full of opaque water, so to say?
To recast the title of Achebe’s essay volume, what impediments and hopes remain in those quests by Nigeria and other African nations for more just, prosperous, and life-fulfilling worlds?
Panelists
Dr. Chris Abani – Northwestern University
Dr. Obi Nwakanma – University of Central Florida
Dr. Anthonia Kalu – University of California-Riverside
Wale Lawal – Editor, The Republic, Lagos
Moderator: Dr. Adeleke Adeeko – The Ohio University
Symposium Guest
Dr. Obi Nwakanma
Wale Lawal
Dr. Anthonia Kalu
Dr. chris abani
Dr. Obi Nwakanma and Dr. Anthonia Kalu
Wale Lawal
Dr. Adeleke Adeeko
Dr. Obi Nwakanma