Africa Week Keynote: Global Africa and contemporary literature: A conversation with key literary African voices, Chibundu Onuzo and Nancy Adimora - in Celebration of International Women's Day

This event features a vibrant and illuminating exchange with two brilliant King's alumnae that are defining voices in the African literature landscape. We discuss the notion of Global Africa as engaged by contemporary literature, the place of the Diaspora, the role of (mis)education, fiction and non-fiction, pertinent disciplinary concerns- historical, economic, political and social, storytelling and Africa's place in the world and the publishing world.

About the speakers

Chibundu Onuzo started writing novels and short stories at the age of ten and less than a decade later became the youngest woman ever signed by Faber. Her debut novel, The Spider King’s Daughter was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won a Betty Trask Award. Her second novel, Welcome to Lagos was published in 2017 and her most recent novel, Sankofa, was an October 2021, Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.

Chibundu was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2018. At the 2020 American Black Film Festival, the HBO Short Film Competition was won byDolapo Is Fine, for which Chibundu co-wrote the screenplay and which was based on her short story Sunita.

Nancy Adimora is the Talent & Audience Development Manager at HarperCollins Publishers, and the Founding Editor of AFREADA, an African literary magazine. Prior to working in publishing, Nancy started her career with the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. She holds an MSc in Leadership and Development from the African Leadership Centre at King's College London, and a Bachelor in Laws from Queen Mary, University of London.

Chaired by Dr Eka Ikpe.

This event has limited spaces for registration.