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For Immediate Release:	October 8, 1997
Contact: Haunani-Kay Trask, Director Center for Hawaiian Studies (808) 973-0989

Ngugi wa Thiong'o lecture moved to accommodate larger audience The October 7 lecture by distinguished African novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o (bio follows this page) will be moved from Hemenway Hall Theater to the Campus Center Ballroom at UH Manoa. The lecture, "Native Languages and the Politics of De-Colonization," is still set for noon Tuesday. "When we started hearing how many students and faculty were planning to come, we realized the Hemenway Theater would not be big enough," says Haunani-Kay Trask, director of the UH Center for Hawaiian Studies. The Center is hosting Ngugi and presenting two free public lectures by the celebrated African writer. "At Campus Center, we can accommodate a larger audience, and we even have the flexibility to enlarge the space somewhat if we need to." Trask says there will be signs posted at Hemenway Theater directing the audience to the new location, in the nearby Campus Center. Ngugi will also speak Thursday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH Manoa. His topic that evening will be "Native Resistance in Contemporary Africa." Ngugi's visit is co-sponsored by the Office of the UH Senior Vice President and UH Manoa Executive Vice Chancellor; the Dean of the School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies; the Distinguished Lecture Series of UH; the Associated Students of UH; the Campus Center Board Activities Council; the Graduate Student Organization; and the Hawai'i La'ieikawai Association Inc.

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