What Is It to Be African?

An Igbo Perspective

Beginning from the Igbo conception of Mmàdu, this paper questions Africanity as inherited identity and asks whether its deeper possibility lies elsewhere: not in sameness, but in relationship; not in a recovered continental essence, but in conscious authorship.

These publications are offered freely as part of a living inheritance. Registration helps Ọkpara House understand its readership, protect the integrity of its publications and remain connected with the community forming around the work.

Read online One verification opens online reading and offline access.

QUESTIONS INSIDE THE WORK