University of

Indian Diaspora Centre DEPARTMENT OF LAW

Interdisciplinary and International Lecture Series on ‘Law, Literature and Diaspora’

CoHaB Indian Diaspora Centre (CoHaB IDC), the Department of Law University of Mumbai and The WW University of Muenster, Germany

Invite you to

An International Webcast on “Law and Literature and the Indian Diaspora in Colonial Africa” by Pheroze Nowrojee Senior Counsel, High Court of and Author

Speakers Welcome: Professor Nilufer E. Bharucha, Director CoHaB IDC, University of Mumbai

Address by the Chief Guest: Professor Ravindra Kulkarni, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Mumbai (TBC)

Chair: Commodore Srikant B. Kesnur, Director, Maritime Warfare Centre and OIC Naval History Project

Law, Literature and Diaspora, Lecture 2: Pheroze Nowrojee

Valedictory Remarks: Professor Klaus Stierstorfer, Chair British Studies & Vice Dean of Philology, Spokesperson Collaborative Law and Literature Research Centre, WW University of Muenster

Concluding Remarks by Co-Host: Professor Rajeshri Varhadi, Head, Department of Law, University of Mumbai

Vote of Thanks: Ms. Kirti Risbud, Research Associate, CoHaB IDC, University of Mumbai

Date: 20 August 2020 Time: 3:00 PM to 5.00 PM IST

Pheroze Nowrojee born in , is a leading human rights lawyer, poet and writer, who over many decades has been an influential part of the political and social movements for constitutional and social change in Kenya. He is Senior Counsel and advocate in the High Courts of Kenya, Tanzania, and Zanzibar. Nowrojee was awarded the International Bar Association’s Bernard Simons Memorial Award for the Advancement of Human Rights and the prestigious Bharatiya Pravasi Samman Award by , among many other honours, in a distinguished career. He is the author of A Kenyan Journey (2014), Dukawala and Other Stories (2017), Pio Gama Pinto: Patriot for Social Justice (2007) and A Vote for Kenya: The Elections and the Constitution (2013). Nowrojee gave the prestigious South Asian Studies Council’s Annual Gandhi Lecture on October 2, 2017, at Yale University, from where he has an LLM degree.

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