Chinua Achebe @90

Chinua Achebe was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi village, Anambra, Nigeria. He meant different things to different artistes in different disciplines. Thus, we have put together an interdisciplinary exploration of the things he gave his life’s works to as a commemoration of Chinua Achebe’s 90th posthumous birthday. This two-day gathering billed for November 15 & 16, will be a creative attempt to remember, to reincarnate and to reinvigorate the grandeur of his eloquence, his interest in extracting old concerns from the new, as well as his lifelong commitment to the questions of human dignity.

The latest #ENDSARS uprising provides a perfect backdrop for this special event; a period of unrest and unprecedented mass protest across Nigeria, led mainly by the youths. On social media, the language – of both words and images – is that of the immediate, the now, the urgent. Yet the pernicious disposition of the…