The question of return was very important to me in the sense that I was in Nigeria and who had moved to New York, you know, for grad school. In my first year or two, and especially because this was happening during the pandemic, I had to reckon with how much had changed in my outlook. And I think that that's in some way a universal experience for anyone who sort of is trying to bridge what I think of a sense of identity. The past does not change, nor need for it, what must change is the way of telling.
Emmanuel Iduma is a Nigerian author and critic whose new book, I Am Still With You, explores the legacy of the Nigerian Civil War, which began in 1967 and lasted nearly three years. In the book, Iduma asks questions about how the conflict has affected the generations since, many of whom have had to live with difficult questions hanging over their family histories. Joining Iduma in conversation is our host, Dipo Faloyin, author of Africa Is Not A Country and Senior Editor for Vice.
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