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From: Kimani Njogu
List Editor: Mel Page <africa@ACCESS.ETSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: OBIT: Gakaara Wa Njau
Author's Subject: OBIT: Gakaara Wa Njau
Date Written: Fri, 30 Mar 2001
Date Posted: Tue, 02 Apr 2001 05:46:38 -0400

         <knjogu@africaonline.co.ke>

Join us in mourning the death of one of us, the Kenyan writer and
winner of the 1984 NOMA Award for Publishing in Africa, the late
Gakaara Wa Njau. Aged 80 years, Gakaara passed away Friday 29th March
at the Jamii Nursing Home. I will be attending his burial next week
in Karatina, Nyeri and would like to carry condolences. Please
circulate this information to friends. Gakaara Wanjau has been a
pillar in the growth of African languages and cultures, having
published consistently for over fifty years. He was the patron of
UUGI: The Gikuyu Language Committee, in Kenya.

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