Chinua Achebe International Symposium and 10th Memorial Celebration Hold At Princeton University

Princeton University’s Africa World Initiative and Program in African Studies in partnership with The Christie and Chinua Achebe Foundation are hosting the Chinua Achebe Symposium and 10th Anniversary Memorial Celebration on September 29th and 30^th, 2023.

The symposium on September 29, with an international cast of senior and emerging scholars, marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Achebe’s blistering political treatise The Trouble With Nigeria. Three panels will examine new directions in Achebe studies, the politics of canonicity, and African literatures in the age of historical reckonings, while a roundtable discussion focuses on leadership and statecraft in Nigeria and Africa.

Donald Burness, Writer And Scholar, Dies At 80

Donald “Don” Burness, a 52-year resident of Rindge and a global citizen who inspired students and fellow travelers with his teaching, writing and love of art and literature the world over, died Feb. 23, 2022, from abdominal cancer. He was 80 years old.