Word: olupona
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...Jacob K. Olupona, professor of African American Studies and chair of the Committee on African-American Studies, said he appreciated that Achebe has used his status as a literary hero to advocate for social change...
...He’s proud to be a Nigerian, but that doesn’t stop him from critiquing [the country],” Olupona said. “He’s become a voice for many...
...Jacob K. Olupona, professor of African and African American studies and African religious traditions, said that the department’s high output rate was a result of the atmosphere of collaboration fostered amongst professors...
...constantly thinking about how my work relates to that of my colleagues,” said Olupona, formerly the director of the University of California-Davis Department of African and African American Studies...
...Olupona, whose research has spanned from African ritual practices to animal symbolism, is now studying the wide array of religious practices of African immigrants in the United States over the past four decades...