Odinga escaped all attempts by his detractors to reduce him to an ethnic leader.
Germany’s genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama has been well documented, but the massacre of the Bushmen from 1912 to 1915 is seldom discussed.
What remains of Machel today is, above all, his ethical teaching. He died poor, committed to the cause of his nation.
Kenyan regimes have long adopted brutal policing approaches to sustain themselves in power.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o emerged with a new era in African history and led the charge to decolonise literature and academic thinking.
