In Ambivalent Encounters and other essays, James Yekú speaks powerfully from his personal experiences as a writer and academic living outside a homeland he sometimes recaptures through his poetry and scholarship. Using his experiences in multiple cities around the world and within diverse
In Ambivalent Encounters and other essays, James Yekú speaks powerfully from his personal experiences as a writer and academic living outside a homeland he sometimes recaptures through his poetry and scholarship. Using his experiences in multiple cities around the world and within diverse cultural and media contexts, he explores how we construct collective meaning from the private notes we write to ourselves. Yékú mourns the loss of families in a series of poignant essays, as he examines migrant books, the racial politics of soccer, and Nigerian social media cultures.
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