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...Bhabha said. Soyinka, who won the Nobel Prize in 1986, is primarily considered a playwright, though his novels and poetry collections have also garnered critical acclaim. Soyinka, originally from western Nigeria, is also known for his political activism, including outspoken criticism of dictatorships in Nigeria and worldwide. Fletcher University Professor Henry L. Gates, Jr., director of the Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, called Soyinka “Africa’s most eloquent voice for freedom and dignity.” The event was co-sponsored by the Du Bois Center and the University Committee...
...Fletcher University Professor Henry L. Gates, Jr., the director of the institute, said Murray is “vital and central to our intellectual and artistic tradition...
...helping to endow chairs in them. For instance, in the 1990s, the growth of what is now Harvard’s African and African American Studies department can be largely attributed to the leadership of President Neil L. Rudenstine as well as the respected and ambitious department chair Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates...
...august figures that the Institute has hosted. Particularly memorable are Nigerian Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka’s many lectures at Harvard (including a series with fellow Nobel laureate Toni Morrison) and a discussion on jazz and American culture featuring documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Institute Director and Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates...
...sticky point in black artistry is explored downstairs on floor 2R in a vast collection of “blaxploitation” film posters, some of which are from Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s private collection...