Secretary-General of the Mouvement de Libération Nationale des Comores
East Africa's Global Lives
Argwings Kodhek (1923-69)
The 'Mau Mau lawyer' and Luo politician with a debated reputation for the defence of human rights.
Arthur Aggrey Ochwada (1926-2013)
Pioneering trade unionist, founder of the Trade Union Congress of Kenya, and frequent rival of Tom Mboya
Binyavanga Wainaina (1971-2019)
Writer, journalist, publisher, literary activist and gay rights activist
Boloki Chango Machyo W’Obanda (1927-2013)
A Ugandan public intellectual, between East African pan-Africanism and local politics
Daniel Owino Misiani (1940-2006)
The father of Benga music, taking multilingual lyrics to a global audience
Nuruddin Farah (1945-)
Somali novelist writing - often from exile - on dictatorship, feminism and the fragmented individual
Rajat Neogy (1938-95)
Founder of Transition, the most daring and important literary and political journal of Africa’s 1960s.
Rose Nimubiru Kirumira (1962-)
Contemporary Ugandan sculptor, marrying together local and foreign sources of inspiration