Literature

Edward W. Said (1993-1994)

Nov 03, 1993

“Historical Experience and Multiculturalism” Edward Said was a Palestinian-American academic, political activist, and literary critic who was a founder of postcolonial studies. After receiving a BA at Princeton, he attended Harvard, where he specialized in English [...]

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1991-1992)

Mar 26, 1992

“Art War with the State: The Writer and Politics in Africa” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is an exiled and widely respected Kenyan playwright, critic and novelist who wrote the novel Matigari ma Njiruungi. He has been at the front of the struggle for democracy and social justice in [...]