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Research Interests
Chris Abani is a novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter and playwright. His fields of interest include African Poetics, World Literature, 20th Century British and American Literature, African Presences in Medieval and Renaissance Cultural Spaces, The Architecture of Cities and their Potential Symbiotic Relationship with their Populations, West African Music, Postcolonial and Transnational Theory, Robotics and Consciousness, Yoruba and Igbo Philosophy and Religion.
Education/Academic qualification
Gender, Society, and Culture, MA, Birkbeck University of London
English and Literary Studies, BA, Illinois State University
Literature and Creative Writing, PhD, University of Southern California
English, MA, University of Southern California
Research interests keywords
- African literature
- Creative writing
- Gender Studies
- Poetics and poetry
- Postcolonial literature
- The novel
- Twentieth century literature
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Grants
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Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders - Leadership Institute
International Research & Exchanges Board, Department of State
4/1/22 → 9/15/22
Project: Research project
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Young African Leaders Initiative 2020
International Research & Exchanges Board, Department of State
1/15/20 → 9/15/21
Project: Research project
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TISA: New-Generation African Poets
Abani, C., Jul 4 2023, Akashic Books. 300 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Smoking the Bible
Abani, C., May 17 2022, Copper Canyon Press. 96 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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New-Generation African Poets
Abani, C., Nov 9 2021, Akashic Books. 466 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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From Letters To A New England Negro
Abani, C., 2020, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song . Young, K. (ed.). Library of AmericaResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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New-Generation African Poets
Abani, C., Nov 7 2020, Akashic Books. 330 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book