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The Nation on MSN1d
Reclaiming Language: A Conversation With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Shortly before his death, The Nation spoke with the Kenyan writer about his most recent essay collection Decolonizing ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87
One of the world’s most acclaimed writers, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, has died at 87. A publicist for his U.S. publisher confirmed ...
Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87
Following Ngũgĩ’s death at 87 in Bedford, Georgia, Kenyans remember when his writing criticized an autocratic administration, ...
Kenianos lloran al gigante de la literatura africana Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
En una librería en la capital de Kenia, el propietario organizó un estante exclusivamente con libros del autor keniano Ngũgĩ ...
Africanews on MSN3h
Kenyan literary giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o mourned as a cultural icon
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LEADERSHIP Newspaper2d
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Enduring Legacy Of An African Conscience
Interestingly, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s influence is not confined to Kenya. His works are studied in universities across Nigeria, Africa, and the global South. His call to decolonize African ...
The Hindu1d
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: a life of defiance
and that real decolonisation was impossible without decolonising the mind (including the language), James Ngugi had changed his name to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Henceforth, Ngũgĩ would write in ...
Sun Sentinel6d
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens of fiction and nonfiction books traced his country’s history from British ...
Hindustan Times6d
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87
He received an elite, colonial education and his name at the time was James Thiong’o. A gifted listener ... In 1977, a play he co-authored with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, “I Will Marry When I Want ...