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'Mazrui, literary journalism and intellectual inclusiveness'

The death of one of our brightest thinkers has occasioned some generous and interesting literary journalism.

Following the death of Prof Ali Mazrui, The Standard on Saturday and Saturday Nation printed various ‘tributes’ to the late intellectual. Both newspapers had big-hitters and appropriate names authoring them: one had ‘global Kenyan’ Ngugi wa Thiong’o and one of our more visible scholars-in-place, Chris Wanjala; the other had author Austin Bukenya, brave publisher Henry Chakava, journalist Barrack Muluka and Kiswahili scholar Ken Walibora.

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