The iconic Kenyan author, scholar, essayist, and promoter of indigenous African languages leaves behind an imperishable body of work.THE Yoruba proverb, “Bi oníresè bá kọ́ tí ó fìn igbá mọ́, ẹyí tó ti ...

Ngugi wa Thiong’o lived as he wrote, “unbowed, uncompromising” — a true titan. Decades of exile, stemming from his unwavering ...

“Three security guards who violently attacked and robbed novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife, Njeeri, have been sentenced ...

Even in the last hours of his life, Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o kept on emphasizing the importance of mother tongue and advised ...

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Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, died at 87. NPR's Scott Simon previously spoke to him about his latest novel and waiting for the Nobel Prize.

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens of fiction and nonfiction books ...

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One of the most influential African writers of his generation, Mr. Ngugi’s works grappled with the weight of colonial history and contemporary abuses.

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His controversial books and plays—which often ruffled feathers within Kenya’s power structure—led to his arrest, detention, ...