Amatoritsero Ede is a Professor of English in Mount Allion University where he teaches African and African Diasporic Literatures. Dr Ede's area of specialization is African and world literature and Postcolonial Theory. His research interests encompass the 21st century consciousness, Afropolitanism, as well as the intersections between World Literature, Translation and Comparative literature. He is also a poet and Publisher of the Maple Tree Literary Supplement. His latest book Imagination’s Many Rooms, published in 2022, is a partly socio-political and literary commentary, partly a young poet's reminiscences and encounters with global literary and cultural icons.