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Koigi wa wamwere
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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
Awards
Books
A Woman Reborn, Speak Books (1980)
Conscience on Trial: Why I Was Detained : Notes of a Political Prisoner in Kenya, Africa World Press (1988)
People’s Representative and the Tyrants, New Concept Typesetters (1992)
Dream of freedom Views Media (1997)
Tears of The Heart: A Portrait of Racism in Norway and Europe (2000)
I Refuse to Die: My Journey for Freedom, Seven Stories Press (2003), ISBN 1-58322-615-X
Negative Ethnicity: From Bias to Genoci, Seven Stories Press (2003), ISBN 1-58322-576
Towards Genocide in Kenya: The Curse of Negative Ethnicity, Mvule Africa (2008)
Awards
1995, Helman/Hammet Grant for Persecuted Writers, Human Rights Watch
1996, Ossietzky Award, Pen International Norway
2000, Human Rights Defender designed, Speak Truth to Power
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