Nwando Achebe

Nwando Achebe (born 7 March 1970) is a Nigerian-American academic, academic administrator, feminist scholar, and multi-award-winning historian.She is the Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History and the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Social Science at Michigan State University. She is also founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of West African History.[4] 19th Century, 20th Century, Cultural, Political, Religious, Social, Women & Gender.

Quotes

 * Advocacy work is hard, and at times, it is thankless and even dangerous. But, it is the work that I choose to do - to use my voice and my scholarship to attempt to make a difference
 * As quoted in


 * I try to use whatever voice I do have to speak out against injustices, and that’s what I hope I continue to do in this part of my career. When I see bad things happening, I can’t just pretend I didn’t see them. I want to use my voice for good
 * nwando-achebe-speaks-at-annual-africa-day-celebration/ Nwando Achebe Spoke at Annual Africa Day Celebration: Seatlespectator


 * I want to write the story of my people especially women. That story has not been written. Women have been silenced in historical study. If you pick up a book, if women were mentioned at all, they were mentioned in footnotes. So, I want to change that and write a story that other women can pick up and be proud of.
 * my-siblings-and-i-are-not-under-pressure-our-father-prof-nwando-achebe Prof Nwando in an interview with punch


 * The Igbo people have a saying that a child who is carried on the back does not realize that walking is a painful activity
 * story Prof. Nwando spoke about her books: Guardian