American scholar Karen Marguerite Wilson-Ama’Echefu first came to Nigeria as a Fulbright Scholar in mid-2011. After earning her PhD in American history from the University of California, Riverside in 2007, Wilson-Ama’Echefu, who is also a singer and storyteller, set out to explore the reflections and roots of African
American diasporic culture in African culture in Nigeria and Ghana over the
9-month duration of her grant.
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Friday, November 2, 2012
American Scholar Finds Art, Love, Connections in Nigeria
On the bustling streets of the mainland Lagos neighborhood of Palmgrove, the children know her
as Mama K.
American scholar Karen Marguerite Wilson-Ama’Echefu first came to Nigeria as a Fulbright Scholar in mid-2011. After earning her PhD in American history from the University of California, Riverside in 2007, Wilson-Ama’Echefu, who is also a singer and storyteller, set out to explore the reflections and roots of African
American diasporic culture in African culture in Nigeria and Ghana over the
9-month duration of her grant.
American scholar Karen Marguerite Wilson-Ama’Echefu first came to Nigeria as a Fulbright Scholar in mid-2011. After earning her PhD in American history from the University of California, Riverside in 2007, Wilson-Ama’Echefu, who is also a singer and storyteller, set out to explore the reflections and roots of African
American diasporic culture in African culture in Nigeria and Ghana over the
9-month duration of her grant.
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