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Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o being awarded
the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian
Cabinet


By Joe Kihara Munugu
San Jose, California
January 8, 2003


Ngugi-1 Photo: Ngugi addressing the delegates, to his right is Aminata Traore', to his left is Sister M. Nirmala Joshi, Superior General, Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta; Prince Turki Al Faisal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and far left is G. Picco, UN Undersecretary, New York and Vice President, Pio Manzu Centre


Ngugi-2 Photo: Ngugi awarded the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Cabinet by Ettore Sansavini and congratulated by Stefania Presigiacomo, Minister for Equal Opportunities; on the far left is Wole Soyinka (another recipient, looking on)


Ngugi-3 Photo: (L to R) Mumbi, Ngugi, Thiongo, Njeeri and Aminata Traore'


Ngugi-4: Ngugi's acceptance speech, to his right is Aminata Taore: author and former Minister of Culture, Mali; far right is Herman Daly: Professor, School of Public Affairs, Univesity of Maryland; to his left is Sister Nirmala.


Ngugi-5: Ngugi's acceptance speech, to his right is Aminata Traore', Herman Daly, Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland; Ibrahim Souss, Professor and Writer, Palestine; Govindappa Venkataswamy, Chairman, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, E.O. Wilson, Professor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University; and far right is Vandana Shiva, Director, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi.


Ngugi-6: Thiongo Kimathi Ngugi by statue in Rimini


Ngugi-7 Photo: Back (L to R) Njeeri wa Ngugi and Ngugi wa Thiongo; Front (L to R) Thiongo and Mumbi


Ngugi-10 Photo: Ngugi with Aminata


Ngugi-13 Photo: Ngugi with Aminata


Ngugi-15 Photo: The Kenyan flag was hoisted at presentation ceremony in Rimini, Italy, where Ngugi was awarded the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Cabinet