Shiraz Durrani

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library science professional noted for his writings on the social and political dimensions of information and librarianship. His widely held ''Information and Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship'' draws on his experiences in librarianship from Mau Mau period

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to modern-day UK. He was appointed MBE in the

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Publications

* ''Social and Racial Exclusion Handbook for Libraries, Archives, Museums and Galleries.'' Social Exclusion Action Planning Network. 2001. . * ''Never be Silent: Publishing & Imperialism in Kenya, 1884-1963.'' Vita Books, 2006. . * ''Information and Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship.'' Library Juice Press, 2008. . *
Connecting for International Librarianship
Interview with Shiraz Durrani by Julian Jaravata. July 12, 2018. ''Progressive Librarian'' 47 (Winter 2019/2020): 131-135. * ''Makhan Singh, a Revolutionary Kenyan Trade Unionist''. Ed. by Shiraz Durrani. 2016. Nairobi: Vita Books. 9781869886226. * ''Kenya's War of Independence: Mau Mau and its Legacy of Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism, 1948-1990''. 2018. Nairobi: Vita Books. 9789966189011. * ''Pio Gama Pinto: Kenya's Unsung Martyr, 1927-1965''. Edited by Shiraz Durrani. 2018. Nairobi: Vita Books. 9789966189004.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Durrani, Shiraz Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom Kenyan librarians Living people Kenyan activists Members of the Order of the British Empire Year of birth missing (living people) Historians of libraries