Notes
1
Demas Nwoko, The Impoverished Generation... The Poor Man’s Clean Rags: The Philosophy of an African Democracy (New Culture Publications, 1992).
2
Ibid., 74.
3
Rupert Bickersteth, “’Nothing has been built yet in Africa’ says Venice Golden Lion-winner Demas Nwoko,” Dezeen, June 21, 2023. See ➝.
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