|
Joseph Diescho is a Namibian writer and political analyst. In 1988, he wrote ''Born of the Sun'', the first novel by a native-born Namibian author.〔(Making a Literature: The Case of Namibia ) Author(s): Michael Chapman Source: ''English in Africa'', Vol. 22, No. 2 (Oct. 1995), pp. 19–28 Published by: Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University〕 ==Education== Born in Andara, Kavango Region,〔(Joseph Diescho ) Namibia Institute for Democracy〕 Diescho attended Fort Hare University in South Africa where he studied law and political science. During his student days he worked against the apartheid system and was imprisoned in Peddie and East London. Whilst working for a diamond mine company he helped found a worker's union. In 1984 he became a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University in New York City, where he completed his PhD in Political Science in 1992. His dissertation, entitled, "The Role of Education in the Politics of Control in Namibia: 1948–1988," explored the relationship between politics and education in Namibia. He was an award winning television announcer for the programme South Africa Now on American public television. In 1997-8, he was the founder and presenter of The Big Picture, a weekly economic and political analysis programme on SABC 2. His novel Born of the Sun was published in the US in 1988 and his second novel Troubled Waters was published in 1993. He is one of Namibia's very few native born novelists. He is currently the Executive Director of the Namibian Institute of Public Administration and Management (NIPAM). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Diescho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|