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From: nduka otiono <notiono@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:43 AM
Subject: [josana] Special invitation to a Festival Life in honor of Chinua Achebe
To: Josana <josana@yahoogroups.co.uk>
* Segun Akinlolu (aka Beautiful Nubia), poet, folk singer, and musician.
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From: nduka otiono <notiono@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:43 AM
Subject: [josana] Special invitation to a Festival Life in honor of Chinua Achebe
To: Josana <josana@yahoogroups.co.uk>
Drumbeats for the Iroko:
Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)
The Nigeria High Commission and Nigerians in Canada
celebrate the "Father of African Literature"
Date: April 12, 2013
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: Room 270 Residence Commons, Carleton University, Ottawa
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: Room 270 Residence Commons, Carleton University, Ottawa
Featuring: Spoken Word performances, Readings from Achebe's works, Tributes, and Music; Special appearance: Traditional Flute player.
Guest artistes include:
* Segun Akinlolu (aka Beautiful Nubia), poet, folk singer, and musician.
* George Elliot Clarke, winner of the Governor-General's Award for Poetry, and the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto
* Titi Sonuga, Edmonton-based award-winning spoken word poet
* Obiora Udechukwu, poet and Distinguished Dana Professor of Arts and Art History, St Lawrence University, USA
* Komi Olafimihan (artist, spoken word poet, and photographer, Toronto)
* Olu Oguibe, poet, artist and Professor of Art and Art History and Associate Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut.
* Keisha Monique Simpson (spoken word poet, Toronto)
* Okey Ndibe, author of Arrows of Rain and Visiting Professor, Brown University, USA.
* Titi Sonuga, Edmonton-based award-winning spoken word poet
* Obiora Udechukwu, poet and Distinguished Dana Professor of Arts and Art History, St Lawrence University, USA
* Komi Olafimihan (artist, spoken word poet, and photographer, Toronto)
* Olu Oguibe, poet, artist and Professor of Art and Art History and Associate Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut.
* Keisha Monique Simpson (spoken word poet, Toronto)
* Okey Ndibe, author of Arrows of Rain and Visiting Professor, Brown University, USA.
* Amatoritsero Ede, poet and editor of Maple Leaf Literary Supplement (MLTS), Ottawa.
Hosts
* Bola Asaju, The Nigerian High Commission, Ottawa (bola@nigeriahcottawa.ca)
* Blair Rutherford, Director, Institute of African Studies, Carlton University
* Nduka Otiono, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of African Studies, Carlton
Hosts
* Bola Asaju, The Nigerian High Commission, Ottawa (bola@nigeriahcottawa.ca)
* Blair Rutherford, Director, Institute of African Studies, Carlton University
* Nduka Otiono, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of African Studies, Carlton
University
* Pius Adesanmi, Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing and Associate
* Pius Adesanmi, Winner of the Penguin Prize for African Writing and Associate
Professor, Department of English and the Institute of African Studies, Carleton
University
For more information, please contact Nduka Otiono at notiono@yahoo.com
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