Rajat Neogy
(1938-1995)
Ugandan writer
About
Jump to
Rajat Neogy (December 17, 1939 – December 3, 1995) a Ugandan of Indian Bengali ancestry, was a writer, poet and publisher. In Kampala in 1961, at the age of 22 he founded Transition Magazine, which went on to become widely influential on the whole African continent. In the words of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, "he (Neogy) believed in the multi-cultural and multifaceted character of ideas, and he wanted to provide a space where different ideas could meet, clash, and mutually illuminate. Transition became the intellectual forum of the New East Africa, and indeed Africa, the first publisher of some of the leading intellectuals in the continent, including Wole Soyinka, Ali Mazrui and Peter Nazareth."
Key details
edit section
| Born |
1938
|
| Died |
1995 (aged 56)
|
| Zodiac | |
| Tags | Add tag |
Family members
Romantic interests
Friends & associates
Scholars
Please be the first to contribute to this page!
Missing information for Rajat Neogy
- missing height
- missing hair color
- missing eye color
- missing ethnicity
- add profile photo
- add banner photo
- add photos to gallery
Similar profiles
10
Activity
Top contributors today
Be the first to contribute today
Tags
Featured contributors
Couples by country
USA · UK · Canada · Australia · France · Germany · India · China · South Korea · Japan · Spain · MexicoCouples by decade
1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020sADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
