Shiraz Durrani

Shiraz Durrani MBE is a British-Kenyan library science professional noted for his writings on the social and political dimensions of information and librarianship.
His widely held Information and Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship draws on his experiences in librarianship from Mau [Mau rebellion|Mau Mau] period Kenya to modern-day UK.
He was appointed MBE in the 2004 New Year Honours.

Publications

Social and Racial Exclusion Handbook for Libraries, Archives, Museums and Galleries. Social Exclusion Action Planning Network. 2001..Never be Silent: Publishing & Imperialism in Kenya, 1884-1963. Vita Books, 2006..Information and Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship. Library Juice Press, 2008..

"" Interview with Shiraz Durrani by Julian Jaravata. July 12, 2018. Progressive Librarian 47 : 131-135.Makhan Singh, a Revolutionary Kenyan Trade Unionist. Ed. by Shiraz Durrani. 2016. Nairobi: Vita Books. 9781869886226. Kenya's War of Independence: Mau Mau and its Legacy of Resistance to Colonialism and Imperialism, 1948-1990. 2018. Nairobi: Vita Books. 9789966189011.Pio Gama Pinto: Kenya's Unsung Martyr, 1927-1965. Edited by Shiraz Durrani. 2018. Nairobi: Vita Books. 9789966189004.