Part one. Decolonizing language Decolonizing education The body of knowledge Between enslavement and empowerment The magic fountain The modern patron : the role of the university in a global community Makerere dreams Part two. Voices of prophecy Abdilatif Abdalla and the voice of prophecy Chinua Achebe : the spirit lives The global Kenyan : a tribute to Ali Mazrui Mazrui and Achebe : the literary artist and the political scientist Wole Soyinka : the conscience of Africa Mı̃cere Mũgo : in Kenyan history, literature, and thought Grace Ogot : my literary sister, Kenya's literary star Nadine Gordimer : a tribute from a kindred spirit The three Js : Jomo, Jaramogi and "James" Mandela memories : an African Prometheus Mandela comes home Henry Chakava : a model of development in Africa Call her Molara O : pioneer in dialectical African feminism The African writer as a prophet and social critic in contemporary times