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5 months ago
Chimamanda Adichie at Middlesex University Dubai 1
*********Just to ELUCIDATE: I am NOT Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I ONLY INTRODUCED her... People have been sending me messages thinking am her. I AM ...
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5 months ago
The Africa Trilogy - Playwright Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina, writer of Shine Your Eye, shares some thoughts on Africa, and the importance of The Africa Trilogy. For more information on T...
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I didn't understand a thing
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5 months ago
How Not to Write About Africa - Binyavanga Wainaina - narrated by Djimon Hounsou
(RED)Wire's 2nd edition came with this awesome short - here is the blurb.
When Bono edited the Africa issue of Vanity Fair, it included an essay w...
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It's up to African writers to challenge the stereotypes they don't like.
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5 months ago
Clifford Stoll: 18 minutes with an agile mind
http://www.ted.com Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, t...
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He's got such lovely hair
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5 months ago
Patricia Ryan: Don't insist on English!
http://www.ted.com At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the...
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English is my third language. I also speak Swahili and Ekegusii, and I get sad sometimes because Ekegusii in it's true form is at a risk of extinction, the same holds for thousands of languages worldwide. 1) Advocacy for less known languages does not imply eradicating the use of English, 2) All ...
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The comparison with Chinua Achebe might be unfair towards her. She's an accomplished writer in her own right.