In this week of the 86th birthday of the Father of African Literature, we recall that enduring conversation at the African Literature Association conference in Gainesville, Florida, United States (9 April 1980) between two of the foremost intellectuals of the African Atlantic: Chinua Achebe and James Baldwin (Maria Popova, “James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe”, brainpickings, 24 September 2014)

(James Baldwin and Chinua Achebe: … African Atlantic discourses, Gainesville, Florida, US, 9 April 1980…)

...Reflections on history, art, politics, brainpickings, 22 September 2014,

(https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/09/21/james-baldwin-chinua-achebe-art/), accessed 28 September 2014

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