Sunday, July 2, 2017

Literary Icon Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Joins Boycott Of Swedish Book Festival Over Extreme Right-Wing Newspaper

"The event, to be held from 28 September to 1 October, is Scandinavia’s largest book fair and draws around 100,000 visitors each year. On 21 April, more than 200 Swedish authors signed an article in the Dagens Nyheter newspaper saying they would boycott the book fair if Nya Tider is represented." Now the Kenyan icon, tipped every year for the Nobel, has joined the boycott, withdrawing his attendance.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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