Digital technology is the future of African literature: Ikhide Roland Ikheloa in conversation with Darlington Chibueze Anuonye

Abstract

For more than a decade Ikhide Roland Ikheloa, a Nigerian writer and literary critic, has been consistent in his advocacy for the recognition of the internet and social media as platforms that house authentic African narratives in the twenty-first century. In this interview, which took place between Maryland, USA and Aba, Nigeria through Facebook Messenger, Ikheloa expounds his views on the indispensability of digital technology in African literature.

Keywords:

• Internet
• social media
• digital technology
• African literature
• Ikhide Roland Ikheloa

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Darlington Chibueze Anuonye

Darlington Chibueze Anuonye is a postgraduate student at the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His research interests cut across oral, postcolonial, and diaspora literatures. His most recent interview is forthcoming in Postcolonial Text.