By Jamie Saxon
Simon Gikandi, the Class of 1943 University Professor of English, and Chika Okeke-Agulu, professor of art and archaeology and African American studies, have been elected corresponding fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to the humanities.
![Chika Okeke-Agulu](https://i0.wp.com/discovery.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2022/12/Discovery-2022-23_selected-awards_Chika-Okeke-Agulu_SelfPortrait.jpg?resize=619%2C413&ssl=1)
Okeke-Agulu is recognized for his work in modern and contemporary African and African diaspora art; classical and traditional African art; postcolonial theory and art criticism; and art and politics.
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Gikandi is recognized for his work in the literatures and cultures of Africa and its Black Diasporas in the Americas and Europe; cultures, histories and institutions of slavery; literary history and comparative literature; and global modernism.
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