Wa Thiong'o is the person many believe should have won [the 2016 Nobel]. . . . Wa Thing'o's anger at the British moral hypocirzy is conveyed through characteristically elegant and restrained prose. . . . Wa Thiong'o's vision is beautiful and inspiring.
Times Literary Supplement This book does not only add to the fodder of literature in the area ... Read moreof global relations, it is a timely intervention that challenges the status quo and calls attention to alternatives in resetting global relations. But as is mostly the case, those who act on behalf of our nations are not necessarily the ones who read these materials. If only they would, they might be inspired to act
a stitch in time can save nine.
African Studies Quarterly Secure the Base is full of hidden connections. Born in 1938, Ngugi is one of Africa's most venerable literary figures. In this short, tightly argued collection of lectures and essays, he writes with the aim of 'making Africa visible in the world' by tracing the lattice of political and moral ties that stretch across the globe and back to Africa.
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