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Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah Hon FBA

I have been a scholar of the literature of Africa and of the Caribbean and postcolonial literary culture. I have explored these worlds in my academic work and in fiction
Head and shoulders photo of Professor Abdulrazak Gurnah Hon FBA (credit University of Kent)t
Fellow type
Honorary Fellow
Year elected
2023
Honours
FRSL, Hon FBA
Subjects
Literature
Website
https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/200/gurnah-abdulrazak

Current post

University of Kent Emeritus Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures

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