A professor in the AUN English Literature and Language program, Dr. Ahmadu Shehu, has been selected as a panelist at the 13th Wole Soyinka Centre Lecture series scheduled for July 13, 2021, in Lagos.
The lecture series celebrates the ideas and works of one of Nigeria’s greatest writers, and Africa's first and foremost Nobel Prize Winner in Literature, Professor Soyinka, on his birthday.
The literary icon will be 87 this year, and the lecture theme is 'Remaking Nigeria: Towards a Secure and Viable Union'. Dr. Ahmadu will speak on the sub-topic: ‘Towards a Community-based Model for Basic Education’.
Human rights activist and lawyer Femi Falana will chair the occasion.