Koigi wa Wamwere

Koigi wa Wamwere (born 18 December 1949 in Rugongo, Nakuru District) is a Kenyan politician, human rights activist, journalist and writer. Koigi became famous for opposing both the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi regimes, both of which sent him to detention.

Books

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  A Woman Reborn, Speak Books (1980)


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  Conscience on Trial: Why I Was Detained : Notes of a Political Prisoner in Kenya, Africa World Press (1988)


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  People’s Representative and the Tyrants, New Concept Typesetters (1992)


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  Dream of freedom Views Media (1997)


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  Tears of The Heart: A Portrait of Racism in Norway and Europe (2000)


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  I Refuse to Die: My Journey for Freedom, Seven Stories Press (2003), ISBN 1-58322-615-X


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  Negative Ethnicity: From Bias to Genocide, Seven Stories Press (2003), ISBN 1-58322-576-5


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  Towards Genocide in Kenya: The Curse of Negative Ethnicity, Mvule Africa (2008)

Awards

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  1995, Helman/Hammet Grant for Persecuted Writers, Human Rights Watch


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  1996, Ossietzky Award, Pen International Norway^]


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  2000, Human Rights Defender designed, Speak Truth to Power^[