Gareth Griffiths

Gareth Griffiths is Emeritus Professor of the University of Western Australia and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Wollongong. He has published extensively on postcolonial topics with an emphasis on Africa and Australasia. He has authored, co-authored and edited numerous books including The Empire Writes Back (1989) and African Literatures in English East and West (2000). His recent publication has focused on sacral/secular issues in post-colonial spaces including Mixed Messages: Materiality, Textuality and Missions edited with Jamie S, Scott (2005). He is currently co-editing a book on Narrative and Human Rights.