Stephanie Newell

Professor Steph Newell talks about how she became interested in African literature, and how a nine-year-old girl in Lagos transformed the way she researched urban cultures.

 

Her most recent book is Histories of Dirt in West Africa.

 

 

The Common Room is a production of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee in the Yale Department of English. Cover art by Sarah Harford; editing and sound design by Robert Scaramuccia '19.