Howard University, Washington D.C.—the academic ground where Igbo voices converged. Image credits; Getty images
In April 2010, within the historic halls of Howard University in Washington, D.C., a quiet renaissance unfolded.…
Okwui Enwezor in 2002 as he prepared the exhibition "Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945-1994,* at what is now MoMA PSI. The work of Samuel Fosso is…
Professor Ernest N. Emenyonu at a library. Source: Igbostudies.org.
“Okwu bụ ndụ.” (Words are life). The old proverb could well summarise Emenyonu’s life's work. To him, literature was…
In the heart of Africa, where words carry rhythm and wisdom, stood Fredrick Nnabuenyi Ugonna, a man whose life became a testament to the saying, “A na-amụta asụsụ n’ụlọ…
Okwui Enwezor Nigerian curator, poet and art critic photographed in New York City 2008 (Photo by Steve Pyke/Getty Images)
In the bustling world of contemporary art, few names evoke as much…
In the 19th century, long before independence movements swept across Africa, a quiet revolution began in the port city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The revolution wasn’t of guns and battles,…
In the annals of African scholarship, some names echo not just through academic corridors but also through the living soul of a people. One such name is Professor Adiele Eberechukwu…
Dr. Akanu Ibiam — the Igbo doctor who turned faith into resistance. Source: Wikipedia – Akanu Ibiam page (Public domain)
In the quiet hills of Unwana, a small town in Ebonyi…
Oil portrait of Kenneth Onwuka Dike as a young man. Robert Sivell is the artist who painted the original oil portrait, 1940. Source: Wikipedia
In the bustling colonial city of Ibadan…
Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, the storyteller who sang wisdom with strings. Image from the African Music Library: “Mike Ejeagha (Gentleman Mike Ejeagha).
There are songs that entertain, and there are songs that…