
Onyeka Nwelue, writer, filmmaker, teacher, and literary tastemaker, has reacted to the termination of his Academic Visitor status at the University of Oxford.
The termination was conveyed to Onyeka Nwelue via a one-line email from Professor Larmer Miles, Director, of the African Studies Centre, Professor of African History, and Fellow, St Antony’s College. The Tuesday, February 7, 2023 missive reads:
Dear Onyeka,
Please find attached a letter pertaining to the termination of your Academic Visitorship at the ASC.
Yours,
Miles Larmer
In the attached letter, Prof. Miles adduced reasons for the termination. “It has come to our attention that you have on a number of occasions breached the visitor agreement with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and the African Studies Centre (ASC) in ways that have the potential to seriously damage the reputation of the Centre, the School and the wider university.”…Click here to read full article