The centrality of culture in the struggle for a new world: Amilcar Cabral and Ken Saro Wiwa. Firoze Manji, Eco-Instigator, 22: 18-23 Cabral and Saro-Wiwa were separated by two eras, the one involving the struggle for independence in Africa, the other dealing with the consequences of the failures of independence and the rise of neoliberalism. …
https://mediadiversified.org/2019/01/17/south-asian-women-in-britain-finding-a-voice-40-years-on/ South Asian women in Britain: Finding a voice, 40 years on “If we remember our rich collective past, we will find ourselves stronger in the battles ahead” Gouri Sharma talks with journalist and activist Amrit Wilson, forty years after her influential feminist book Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain. Featured photo: Amrit Wilson speaking on behalf …
The legacy of Ken Saro-Wiwa at Maynooth University The publisher of the Nigerian writer and activist’s last writings and the nun who smuggled them out spoke at a recent seminar Helen Fallon Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 05:11 On Thursday, November 15th, Maynooth University Library held the annual Ken Saro-Wiwa seminar. Kenyan-born Firoze Manji presented a …
A clearly written, excellently illustrated, valuable and absorbing reflection upon a rich lifetime in teaching that deserves an international audience. Richard Pring, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Education, and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. The remarkable life of a principled Tanzanian educator told with emotion and humor. Peter Lawrence, Professor …