Guest Lecture Prof. Chika Unigwe

This week, we joined the class of African Studies and followed a guest lecture given by Flemish-Nigerian author Chika Unigwe. She talked to us about the different generations of female writers in West-Africe in a very interesting and clear lecture. We learned about the four generations of writers and how their work was different, but also that there were similarities. 

I loved how she ended with how African writers are becoming more and more dominant, because this could really alter our perception of Africa and African women. As we talked about ecocriticism in the past weeks, I really hope that this is an example of something that could become a global concern instead of just an African one. I think that the perspective of African writers becoming more valued is a very important step that needs to be taken, and hopefully the fourth generation of African writers can achieve that.