

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Fifth Distinguished Lecture in African Studies with Ben Okri
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Mon, 30 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for our 2026 Distinguished Lecture in African Studies, featuring Ben Okri, Fellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureAbout this EventJoin us for our 2026 Distinguished Lecture in African Studies, featuring Ben Okri, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Ben Okri is the Nigerian-born poet, cultural activist, and author of thirteen novels, including the Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road, the first in a trilogy, and Astonishing the Gods, which was selected as one of the BBC’s ‘100 novels that shaped our world’, as well as collections of poetry, short stories, plays and essays. His work has been translated into more than 27 languages. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has won numerous international prizes. His poem following the Grenfell Tower tragedy was widely viewed on television and on social media. He was a Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was awarded an OBE in 2001 and a Knighthood in 2023.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Philadelphia
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 8th fl. Colloquium Level
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- **full address**: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 8th fl. Colloquium Level, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, United States

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- **organizer**: Center for Africana Studies (https://allevents.in/org/center-for-africana-studies/27000420)

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