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Chinweizu Ibekwe (born 26 March 1943), known mononymously as Chinweizu,[1] and also by the pen-name Maazi Chinweizu, is a Nigerian critic, essayist, poet, and journalist.[2] While studying in the United States during the Black Power movement, Chinweizu became influenced by the philosophy of the Black Arts Movement.[3] He is commonly associated with Black orientalism and emerged as one of the leading figures in contemporary Nigerian journalism, writing a highly influential column in The Guardian of Lagos.[4]
^R. Victoria Arana, "Chinweizu (1943–)", The Facts on File Companion to World Poetry: 1900 to the Present, Facts On File, Inc., 2008, p. 102.
Chinweizu Ibekwe (born 26 March 1943), known mononymously as Chinweizu, and also by the pen-name Maazi Chinweizu, is a Nigerian critic, essayist, poet...
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the African World. Supporters of this movement include writers such as Chinweizu. Black orientalism, prior to its appropriation by religious Christian...
Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji – Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly Chinweizu Ibekwe – Renowned essayist, poet, and journalist. Chinyere Almona – business...
literature. Alongside colleagues Stanley Macebuh, Femi Osofisan, and Chinweizu Ibekwe, Jemie spearheaded the founding of The Guardian newspaper, considered...
and David Chanaiwa (Zimbabwe) 26 Africa and the capitalist countries Chinweizu (Nigeria) 27 Africa and the socialist countries Iba Der Thiam (Senegal)...
and critic, best known for his award-winning novel Things Fall Apart Chinweizu Ibekwe (born 1943) Chris Abani (born 1966), notable for his first novel...
al-Qadi, Morocco Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur, Morocco Ibn Zaydan, Morocco Chinweizu Ibekwe, Nigeria Abdi Bashir Indhobuur, Somalia I. D. du Plessis, South...
teacher Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988), novelist Chin Ce (born 1966) Chinweizu (born 1943), critic, essayist, poet, journalist John Pepper Clark (1935–2020)...
poetry, countering the views of some critics, especially the troika (Chinweizu, Onwuchekwa Jemie and Ihechukwu Madubuike) in their 1980 Towards the Decolonization...
over the years include Cyprian Ekwensi, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Chinweizu, Dennis Brutus, Buchi Emecheta, Flora Nwapa, Elechi Amadi, Ken Saro Wiwa...
the Negro. Khalifah's Booksellers & Associates. Akbar, Dr. Na'im.(1998) Chinweizu (1987). Decolonizing the African Mind, Sundoor Press. Blyden, Edward Wilmot...
National Mirror Online, 10 April 2015. "ODIA OFEIMUN: Why I quarrelled with Chinweizu", The Sun (Nigeria), 3 January 2015. Evelyn Osagie, "Celebrating Ofeimun’s...
in the works of Chinua Achebe, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wole Soyinka, Nwoga, Chinweizu, Ernest Emenyonu, Nnolim and other new poetry, prose and critical voices...
for them. Of particular note is the maverick scholar, philosopher/poet, Chinweizu whose influence straddles the globe, particularly the black world. He...
Karimu Welsh Asante, Frances Cress Welsing, Phil Valentine, Llaila Afrika, Chinweizu), whose African-centered media often draw from African cultural heritage...
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