Chika Esiobu

Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu is convinced of the ability of Africans to transform Africa by acknowledging the significance of Africa's indigenous knowledge in all fields of human endeavor. A researcher, teacher, writer and public intellectual, Ezeanya-Esiobu is presently a senior lecturer at the University of Rwanda. Her lifetime passion is to contribute to efforts that would see to the unleashing of the suppressed creative and innovative energies buried deep in the hearts and minds of all Africans. Ezeanya-Esiobu has published several research papers and worked on various aspects of Africa's indigenous knowledge. She has been commissioned to work for, among others, the International Development Research Center Canada, United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) and The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). She is also a novelist and documentary film maker. Ezeanya-Esiobu has lived and worked in four countries across three continents, and through her travels she has learned to value integrity, dignity, respect for self and others ... to be open to knowledge, to be happy and to smile a lot with her heart. chikaforafrica.com

Africa's advancement

Indigenous knowledge for Africa's transformation