ILORA promotes a new kind of global cultural literacy, including the exploration of the African mind in diverse spheres as a significant aspect of an interconnected and unlimited human experience. Our focal interest is the movement of history and ideas within and across borders, examined in a timeless sort of scholarship that fuses the traditional and the contemporary. An Igbo word for village square, “Ilora” in this context signifies the gathering of writers from around the globe who in their works show a capacious attitude toward all others and make a transformative difference in the consciousness of readers.

ILORA is edited by Maik Nwosu and Uchenna Okeja

ILORA is published by the Emengini Institute for Comparative Global Studies. While the Editors of ILORA have full editorial independence, the views expressed in the articles belong to the authors.

THE EDITORS:

 

Maik Nwosu is Professor of English and chair of the Department of English and Literary Arts at the University of Denver, Colorado. He worked as a journalist and received the Nigeria Media Merit Award for Journalist of the Year before moving to Syracuse University, New York for a Ph.D in English and Textual Studies. His research areas include African, African Diaspora, postcolonial, and world literatures; semiotics and critical theory. Nwosu is a fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany; the Civitella Ranieri Center, Umbertide, Italy; and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Nwosu’s published works include several journal articles and book chapters; two critical studies, Markets of Memories: Between the Postcolonial and the Transnational (Africa World Press, 2011) and The Comic Imagination in Modern African Literature and Cinema: A Poetics of Laughter (Routledge, 2016); a coedited book, The Critical Imagination in African Literature: Essays in Honor of Michael J. C. Echeruo (Syracuse University Press, 2015); a poetry collection, Suns of Kush; a collection of short stories, Return to Algadez; and three novels, Invisible Chapters, Alpha Song, and A Gecko’s Farewell.

 

Uchenna Okeja is Professor of Philosophy at Rhodes University and Research Associate at Nelson Mandela University. He is the Director of Emengini Insitute for Comaparative Global Studies in Worcester, MA. Before his current position at Rhodes, he was at Goethe University Frankfurt where he obtained his Dr. Phil and taught philosophy. His research areas are political philosophy, ethics, critical theory and Africana philosophy. His articles and books have addressed questions pertaining to migration, global justice, deliberative democracy, the public sphere and broader issues about philosophy curriculum. He has held fellowships at Neubauer Collegium at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at Bad Homburg, Iustitia Amplificata Center for Advanced Studies Goethe University Frankfurt, and Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. His most recent publication is Deliberative Agency (Indiana University Press).

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Ilora Magazine has made efforts to ensure that the content it publishes is accurate and not injurious to any party. The views expressed in the published articles are entirely the opinion of the authors and does not reflect the beliefs and views of the publisher and editors. Ilora does not take responsibility or accept liability for any loss, damage or injury arising from the articles it publishes. All rights are reserved. The use of any material published by Ilora must be with the express written consent of the magazine. The authors retain the copyrights to the articles published by Ilora.