Variations of English names reveal the enduring effects of British rule - but there’s also a return to tradition.
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Poet, soldier and critic of postcolonial elites, Hadraawi was the greatest poet of his generation.
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Nobel prize winning author Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was as hard on himself as on others.
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Mellon Chair of Indian Studies and the Director of the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of the Witwatersrand
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Fellow, King's College London
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Associate Professor of English and Liberal Studies, Winston-Salem State University
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of African Studies, University of Leeds
