Dozens of Canadians, Africans and student members of Africa Awareness Initiative (AAI) recently descended upon the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada for a dialogue about the state of African literature organised by the Nigeria-Canada Friendship League in association with the AAI where Dr. Ngozi Achebe, author of Onaedo: The Blacksmith’s Daughter and the niece of “Thing’s Fall Apart’s” Chinua Achebe, was the special guest speaker. According to Dr. Achebe, the event chaired by Professor Gloria Onyeoziri- Miller professor of African literature at UBC and author of Shaken Wisdom:
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