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“The Legend Has Retired. ”Professor S Cudjoe"
On June 30, 2024, I will say farewell to Wellesley College, a place at which I have taught for 38 years. I have taught at several elite institutions in the United States such as Harvard, Cornell, Ohio and Fordham universities, but Wellesley holds a special place in my heart. I have grown fond of it over the years. The college yesterday held a symposium and dinner to honor my services to the institution and my academic contributions internationally. Paula Johnson, president of the college who was a student at Harvard University when I taught there in the 1970s, and Prof Kellie Carter Jackson, chairman of the Africana Studies Department, opened the function.
Several scholars from around the world gathered to bid me farewell: Louisa Uchum Egbunike, Associate Professor of African literature, Durham University in the UK; Dr Adekeye Adebajo, Senior Research Fellow, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Dr Kwadwo Osei-Nyame Jnr, former lecturer in African and Caribbean literature, SOSA, University of London; Prof Carole Boyce-Davies, a fellow Trinidadian and chair of the English Department at Howard; Dr Biodun Jeyifo, Professor Emeritus, African and African American studies and comparative literature, Harvard University.
Teaching at Wellesley has been a monumental achievement. I give thanks for having the strength to serve my students and my college for such a long time. I am not sure where life may take me but I look forward to giving greater service to the people of the land of my birth.
On June 30, 2024, I will say farewell to Wellesley College, a place at which I have taught for 38 years. I have taught at several elite institutions in the United States such as Harvard, Cornell, Ohio and Fordham universities, but Wellesley holds a special place in my heart. I have grown fond of it over the years. The college yesterday held a symposium and dinner to honor my services to the institution and my academic contributions internationally. Paula Johnson, president of the college who was a student at Harvard University when I taught there in the 1970s, and Prof Kellie Carter Jackson, chairman of the Africana Studies Department, opened the function.
Several scholars from around the world gathered to bid me farewell: Louisa Uchum Egbunike, Associate Professor of African literature, Durham University in the UK; Dr Adekeye Adebajo, Senior Research Fellow, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Dr Kwadwo Osei-Nyame Jnr, former lecturer in African and Caribbean literature, SOSA, University of London; Prof Carole Boyce-Davies, a fellow Trinidadian and chair of the English Department at Howard; Dr Biodun Jeyifo, Professor Emeritus, African and African American studies and comparative literature, Harvard University.
Teaching at Wellesley has been a monumental achievement. I give thanks for having the strength to serve my students and my college for such a long time. I am not sure where life may take me but I look forward to giving greater service to the people of the land of my birth.
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