Nira Wickramasinghe

<p> Nira Wickramasinghe is a <a href="http://www.tanap.net/content/universities/counterparts.cfm?ArticleID=79" target="_blank">professor</a> in the department of history and international relations, t

Aimé Césaire: poetry as weapon

The passionate, lyrical voice of the poet from Martinique was part of a lifework that embraces négritude, Marxism and surrealism all in one, says Nira Wickramasinghe. (This article was first published in openDemocracy on 21 April 2008)

By Nira Wickramasinghe

/ 26 Jun 2013

Aimé Césaire: poetry as weapon

The passionate, lyrical voice of the poet from Martinique was part of a lifework that embrace négritude, Marxism and surrealism all in one, says Nira Wickramasinghe. (This article was first

By Nira Wickramasinghe

/ 26 Jun 2013

Multiculturalism: a view from Sri Lanka

Reading Tariq Modood's article "Multiculturalism, citizenship and national identity" (17 May 2007) led me to reflect on how different the public debate on multiculturalism is in

By Nira Wickramasinghe

/ 30 May 2007

Sri Lanka: the politics of purity

The delegations representing the Sri Lankan state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) met on 28-29 October in Geneva for talks to thrash out a possible settlement to

By Nira Wickramasinghe

/ 17 Nov 2006