A TRIBUTE TO PROF NGUGI WA THIONG’O

“Keepers of African memory must do for their languages what all others in history have done for theirs“, Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, at the 2003 Steve Biko Annual Memorial Lecture in Cape Town, South Africa. Of the many encounters I’ve had with Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, personally and through reading his transformative books, his Steve […]

THE WOES IN THE FIELD OF HUMANITIES ARE PALPABLE

Our country is rife with challenges! Unemployment, poverty, crime, poor service delivery, sewage spillages, diseases, potholes, lack of proper medical services, gender-based violence, gangsterism, educational challenges … Is that what the field of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSSA) has achieved thus far?  Humanities scholars and researchers work diligently to expand the field of the […]