The
life of the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was celebrated on May 6
at Bard College, New York, where Achebe taught for many years. There were
spoken tributes from Nigerian author and art historian Teju Cole, from
historian Myra Armstead, and from anthropologists Yuka Suzuki and John Ryle.
The Somali writer Nuruddin Farah participated via video, as did Binyavanga
Wainaina, formerly Director of the Chinua Achebe Center for Writers and Artists
at Bard. The tributes were followed by Igbo songs and other West Africa musical
performances by Beatrice Ajaero and the Senegalese band, Jamrek. The event was
arranged by the Rift Valley Institute and Bard Africana Studies.
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