Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o won the Lotus Prize for Literature in 1973. He is the author of such celebrated novels as Weep Not, Child (1964), A Grain of Wheat (1967), Petals of Blood (1977) and Wizard of the Crow (2004). He faced harsh repression for his work, including a year in prison, where he wrote Devil on the Cross on prison-issue toilet paper.
- Secure the Base
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For more than sixty years, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been writing fearlessly on the questions, challenges, histories and futures of Africans, particularly those of his homeland, Kenya. In his work,...
- The Upright Revolution
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Science has given us several explanations for how humans evolved from walking on four limbs to two feet. None, however, is as riveting as what master storyteller Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o offers in The...
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Babacar Fall
Babacar Fall is Head of the History and Geography Didactic Department, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
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David A. McDonald
David A. McDonald is Professor of Global Development Studies at Queen's University, Canada, and Co-Director of the Municipal Services Project.
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Ramchandra Singh
Ramchandra Singh (1949–2018), of Bangarmau village in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star and served on its Ce
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Vivek Chibber
Professor of Sociology, Ph.D. 1999 (Sociology), University of Wisconsin; B.A. 1987 (Political Science), Northwestern University. Now works with New York University.
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Nike Wagner
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