Ebubechukwu Nwafor

Mozambique

Ebubechukwu Nwafor (Ebube) was born in Nigeria, raised in Mozambique, and spent seven years studying in Eswatini. Yet when she left home for the United States in January 2021, she felt she knew almost nothing substantial about Africa. Her education across these countries was, by many measures, excellent—but in practice, this often meant deeply colonial. Ebube learned French, Spanish, and Portuguese, studied U.S. and European history, and developed a love for English-language literature. But she lacked the context to understand the challenges most Nigerians, Mozambicans, or Emaswati faced—let alone contribute meaningfully to solving them.

Recognizing this deficiency in her education, Ebube committed herself to using the power of learning to support Africa and its people. A member of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), she has spent the past four years learning from organizers and activists engaged in struggle across the Pan-African world.

Through her ORA fellowship, Ebube is developing the Pan-Africanist Political Education School in Mozambique—a program designed to cultivate an environment of serious, interactive study. The school empowers youth organizers and activists in Mozambique with the tools to understand and confront the complex challenges facing the country and the broader African world. Its goal is to ignite in students a passion for Africa’s history, an awareness of its potential, and a desire to help shape a future that advances the interests of the continent and its people.

Learn more at aaprp-intl.org.