68:(born 1961) is a Kenyan academic, social critic, researcher, translator and writer based in the UK. As a public intellectual she has an interest in the development of African languages and literatures, as well as being consistently involved with the promotion of literary translation internationally, regularly speaking and writing on the subject. Professor Wangui wa Goro is a writer, translator, translation studies scholar and pioneer who has lived and lectured in different parts of the world including the UK, USA, Germany and South Africa.
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Wa Goro's own writing encompasses poetry, essays, short stories, fiction and non-fiction. Her short story "Heaven and Earth" (Macmillan) has been taught on the Kenyan curriculum. She has also been an active campaigner for human rights in Africa and Europe, and co-edited with Kelly Coate and Suki Ali
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Over the years she has also been on advisory committees or boards of numerous organisations, including the Women's
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She has worked in local government, also as an academic in the humanities in the UK, and additionally in international development contexts.
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She was born in Kenya but left to study in Europe for her undergraduate studies in Modern
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84:(now part of the University College of London), and later her doctoral studies in Translation Studies at
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Owing to her activism and involvement in human rights activism for democracy in
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She has translated the works of award-winning authors, including
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She is the recipient of the 2021 Flora Nwapa
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Worldly
Leadership: Alternative Wisdoms for a Complex World
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Under the Tree of
Talking: Leadership for Change in Africa
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Academic, social critic, researcher, translator and writer
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In 2020, she was awarded an
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