Lecture: Ngugi wa Thiong’o on the Scholar in a Postcolonial World

Lecture: Ngugi wa Thiong’o on the Scholar in a Postcolonial World


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On invitation at the University of Oregon, Ngugi wa Thiongo gives his lecture, Planting African Memory: The Role of a Scholar in a Postcolonial World.


Venue: The University of Oregon

Date: March 30, 2005

Writer: Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer and human rights activist, acclaimed as East Africa's foremost novelist. He is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at UC Irvine.

On Wednesday, March 30 2005, the University of Oregon received an invited lecture by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan novelist and human rights activist.

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