Micere Githae Mugo
Kenyan writer and activist
Micere Githae Mugo (born Madeleine Micere Githae in 1942) is a playwright, author, activist, instructor and poet from Kenya. She is a literary critic and professor of literature in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. She was forced into exile in 1982 from Kenya during the Daniel Arap Moi dictatorship for activism and moved to teach in Zimbabwe, and later the United States.
QuotesEdit
- "He is a comrade; he was a friend when my own people did not want me."
- She is referring to Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president known to many people as a tough President. This is as quoted in the article titled
- Micere Githae Mugo: Struggles and resilience of top Pan Africanist written by Carolyne Oyugi.
- "I am a child of the universe, I have lived in almost all continents."
- This is as quoted in the article titled Micere Githae Mugo: Struggles and resilience of top Pan Africanist written by Carolyne Oyugi.
Quotes about Micere Githae MugoEdit
- Mugo is a poet with a mission in her society, which embraces the black race, the underprivileged class, and her specific female gender.She appears to speak for Africans and blacks, women, and the downtrodden.
- Remarked World Literature Today reviewer Tanure Ojaide.
- She became one of the first black students to be allowed to enroll in what had previously been a segregated academy.
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