Christopher J. Lee is Professor of African History, World History, and African Literature at The Africa Institute, Sharjah, UAE. He has published seven books on different aspects of African history, decolonization, and anti-colonial liberation struggles. His most recent book is an edited volume of essays, literary criticism, reportage, and other non-fiction by the South African writer and activist Alex La Guma (1925-1985) entitled Culture and Liberation: Exile Writings, 1966-1985 (London and Calcutta: Seagull Books, 2022).