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Duignan, Peter
Cambridge :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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Resident of Cupertino Peter James Duignan Jr. distinguished scholar, competitive athlete, loving husband and father of six died peacefully November 17 at The Forum in Cupertino. Surrounding him in a sea of love at his bedside were Frances, his
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Africa’s tale of deprivation by former Air Force gunner
Banbury :: United Kingdom | 2 years ago
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Rating Towards the end of the last year of the first decade of the 21st century, as if in a symbolic offering of hope, one of the greatest works of African literature of the new millennium was released. A Fine Madness, written by Mashingaidze Gomo, a
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50 years after Lumumba: The burden of history
Brazzaville :: Congo | over 2 years ago
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Archives Feeds January 25, 2011 Iterations of assassinations in Africa [Two poems by Patrice Lumumba follow] by Horace Campbell It wasn't just Patrice Lumumba his assassins wanted to kill, it was the genuine self-determination, dreams and aspirations
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Year was good for literature, and 2011 will be even better
Nairobi :: Kenya | over 2 years ago
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Rating In Summary A number of Kenyan writers were nominated for top awards while the country also staged a few artistic festivals The last and definitive literary event of the year in Kenya was Ngugi wa Thiong'o's public lecture in Taifa Hall,
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Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have won the Nobel prize for literature
Nairobi :: Kenya | over 2 years ago
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University Of California/EPA It's easy to see how the confusion might have arisen. Ngugi has dedicated his life to describing, satirising and destabilising the corridors of power. As I sat mentally congratulating the Peruvian novelist I began to
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