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"African literature in the post-global age requires us to rethink the assumptions that have shaped the field."

— Tejumola Olaniyan

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"To be in control of the means of representation is therefore to be in a position of power."

"Popular culture is not merely entertainment; it is also a site where political and social meanings are produced."

"Africa and its diaspora have always been connected through complex movements, exchanges and histories."

My deep interest is transdisciplinary teaching and research. My goal is the cultivation of critical self-reflexivity about our expressions and their many contexts.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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