An+Obituary+-+Prof+Chachage

=An Obituary=

…a free university community …geared towards the liberation of the people
Tue, 11 Jul 2006

=Subject: Hard to believe, Prof. Chachage is no more!=

We wish to join all fellow activists, concerned citizens of Africa and the World in expressing our sorrow and grief at the passing away of beloved ndugu Prof. Chachage Seithy Chachage, who passed away suddenly late last night.

Chachage is/was an exemplary scholar activist, who combined powerful analysis, clarity of vision and purpose, with an amazing array of capacities -- a writer of fiction and scholarly analysis and activist writings in both Kiswahili and English. Chachage had a deep commitment to promoting serious intellectual discourse throughout society and a free university community which was geared towards the liberation of the people.

We have lost a friend, a mentor, a model to emulate, a brother. However, he has left us countless writings and words with which to keep on the struggles for a truly alternative better world.

Safari njema kaka yetu,


 * Marjorie Mbilinyi**