Anakwa Dwamena

Anakwa Dwamena is a member of the editorial staff of The New Yorker.

King, Gandhi, and Thurman: A Conversation With Sarah Azaransky

King, Gandhi, and Thurman: A Conversation With Sarah Azaransky King, Gandhi, and Thurman: A Conversation With Sarah Azaransky

The author of This Worldwide Struggle discusses the interreligious and international roots of the civil-rights movement.

Nov 13, 2017 / Q&A / Anakwa Dwamena

John Berger: The Human, the Artist

John Berger: The Human, the Artist John Berger: The Human, the Artist

In The Seasons in Quincy, we learn little about the former and attempts to celebrate the latter collapse into the elegiac.

Sep 12, 2016 / Anakwa Dwamena

Kwame Nkrumah statue

The Insufficiency of Pan-Africanism as We Know It The Insufficiency of Pan-Africanism as We Know It

The fact that many people identify, however loosely, with being African doesn’t replace the need for the services that only a government can provide.

Jul 7, 2016 / Anakwa Dwamena

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