Maryse Condé

Maryse Condé was born in Guadeloupe, a French territory of the Caribbean. She has taught extensively in Africa and the United States and is now a professor emerita at Columbia University, where she created the Center for French and Francophone Studies. She has written over twenty novels including Segu, Windward Heights, The Story of the Cannibal Woman, and Who Slashed Celamire's Throat? and now divides her time between New York and Paris.

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Ranjit Lal

Ranjit Lal has written around thirty books for children and adults – and adults who are children. His books include The Crow Chronicles, The Life and Times of Altu Faltu, Smitten, The Battle

G.P. Deshpande

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Helen Scott

Helen Scott is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Vermont where she teaches postcolonial literature and theory. She has published articles in numerous journals including Callaloo, Int

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John Beattie

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Svati P. Shah

Svati P. Shah is Associate Professor in the Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Ghassan Hage

Ghassan Hage is professor of anthropology and social theory at the university of Melbourne, Australia. He has held many visiting professorships around the world including at the American University

Anand Teltumbde

Anand Teltumbde is a civil rights activist, political analyst, columnist and author of many books. He has had a long association with peoples’ struggles, spanning over three decades. Trained

Maryse Condé

Maryse Condé

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