Ikhide R. Ikheloa is a social critic whose work explores the intersection of literature and politics. He received the 2022 James Currey Society Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Criticism.
“Without these men standing in for his father, he would have continued feeling ‘like I missed something only he could give me.’ This is a rich tapestry of the power of relationships in molding a precocious, restless kid who is black.”
“Without these men standing in for his father, he would have continued feeling ‘like I missed something only he could give me.’ This is a rich tapestry of the power of relationships in molding a precocious, restless kid who is black.”