Brother Malik, Many thanks for the disturbing piece of news. That Ngugi should be attacked in his homeland is itself a huge tragedy. Something must have gone pretty awry. I cannot think of anyone in Kenya who has championed the cause of the poor and voiceless as fiercely and as consistently as he did. I also pray he recovers quickly. Please add to your reading list his "A Grain of Wheat" as well. Cheers, Sidibeh ----- Original Message ----- From: "malik kah" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: NGUGI WA THIONGO ATTACKED AT HOME > Ngugi Wa Thiongo a writer and political critic was attacked at his home in > Nairobi by some thugs who used cigarettes to burn him, he is currently > admitted in hospital. > > Hope he recovers soon, he is one of the bright stars of Africa. > > > RECOMENDE READING OF HIS BOOKS: > PETALS OF BLOOD. > I WILL MARRY WHEN I WANT > BARREL OF A PEN. > DECOLONISATION OF THE MIND. > THE RIVER BETWEEN > DEVILS ON THE CROSS- A CLASSIC SATIRE, A MUST READ!!! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! > http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~