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About Nira Wickramasinghe

Nira Wickramasinghe is a professor in the department of history and international relations, the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Articles by Nira Wickramasinghe

Monday 21st April

Aimé Césaire: poetry as weapon

A passionate, lyrical voice that embraced négritude, Marxism and surrealism is stilled
Wednesday 30th May

Multiculturalism: a view from Sri Lanka

In war-torn Sri Lanka, a western model fixes identities that are fluid and contingent, replies Nira Wickramasinghe to Tariq Modood
Friday 17th November

Sri Lanka: the politics of purity

The exclusivist politics and mindsets of those who have drowned Sri Lanka in civil war must be challenged by a creative recovery of the island's hybrid identities, says Nira Wickramasinghe.
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