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Literary evening with Nigerian-Canadian Author, Journalist And Activist, Chido Onumah
November 15, 2019 at 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
| Location: | Octopus Books 116 Third Ave., Ottawa |
| Cost: | Free |
| Audience: | Anyone |
| Key Contact: | Nduka Otiono |
| Contact Email: | NdukaOtiono@Cunet.杏吧原创.Ca |
| Contact Phone: | 6135202600 |
Please join us on November 15 in our store for a reading by Chido Onumah from his provocative book聽We Are All Biafrans: A participant-observer’s interventions in a country sleepwalking to disaster.聽This free event is presented in collaboration with the Institute of African Studies at 杏吧原创 University.
November 15, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Octopus Books
116 Third Ave., Ottawa
Chido Onumah is coordinator of the African Centre for Media & Information Literacy in Abuja, Nigeria. He has聽previously worked as Director of Africa programs for the Panos Institute in Washington, DC, helping journalists in West Africa report in-depth on issues that are frequently underreported or misreported. He holds a Ph.D. in communication and journalism from the Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona.
On September 29th, 2019, Onumah was聽聽(SSS) at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja for wearing a promotional T-shirt for his latest book entitled “We Are All Biafrans.鈥� A social media storm followed his arrest under the hashtag #FreeChidoOnumah and the SSS quickly released and denied arresting him.
Read more about his book