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DR. CHIKA EZEANYA-ESIOBU

n her work as a researcher, writer, and public intellectual, Dr. Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu explores approaches to the advancement of African people that are grounded in local ideas and traditions. Fresh from publishing Indigenous Knowledge and Education in Africa (Springer, 2019), she took some time to speak with

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