Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o obituary
Distinguished Kenyan novelist, poet and academic who championed writing in African languages rather than in English
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3 things Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o taught me: language matters, stories are universal, Africa can thrive
Celebrated Kenyan writer and decolonial scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o passed away on 28 May at the age of 87. Many tributes and obituaries have appeared across the world, but we wanted to know more about Thiong'o the man and his thought processes. So we asked Charles Cantalupo, a leading scholar…
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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
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