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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka to speak at Africa Alive! 2024

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Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka to speak at Africa Alive! 2024

Africa’s first Nobel Laureate in Literature, Wole Soyinka, will be the distinguished VIP speaker at Africa Alive! 2024, a premier gathering of Harvard alumni, faculty, and students passionate about Africa’s future. A statement signed by Tomas Felcman on behalf of Africa Alive!, the 2024 organising committee, stated that the event will be held from 11 … Read more

China’s Nobel winning novelist Mo Yan targeted by growing band of online nationalists

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China’s Nobel winning novelist Mo Yan targeted by growing band of online nationalists

Guan is no dissident. He is part of a state-funded association of writers and spent five years on the country’s top political advisory body. His novels paint a nuanced portrait of Chinese society, and while they include criticism of China’s family planning policy, those works seem to have stayed within the red line set by … Read more