Lindsay Fellowship Spotlight Series: Ivana Uzoh

Project Title: Revisitation, Retelling, and (Re)Memory: Igbo Women Novelists' Rendering of Biafra

Ivana Uzoh’s research explores the complex themes of memory, trauma, and the Nigeria-Biafra War through the lens of Igbo women novelists. Supported by the Lindsay Fellowship, Ivana conducted fieldwork in Nigeria, interviewing authors who bring this difficult history to life through fiction.

"The Lindsay Fellowship not only funded my research but also created a space for African scholarship to flourish, allowing me to pursue my passion for African literature," Ivana shares. Her work explores how the war has been disremembered and how some writers resist letting it fade into forgotten history.

The most memorable part of Ivana's summer? "Spending hours in local Nigerian bookshops, discovering the breadth of African genre fiction that often gets overlooked," she recalls with excitement.

Through the support of the Lindsay Fellowship, Ivana is helping to preserve the voices and stories of Biafra, while solidifying her path as a scholar of African literature.