Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a Kenyan novelist whose work could manage to be both poignant and darkly funny ...

Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his ...

Renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at age 87, his family members have announced. “It is with a heavy heart ...

Shortly before his death, The Nation spoke with the Kenyan writer about his most recent essay collection Decolonizing ...

No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

Not merely a writer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a force that changed how Africa saw itself and how the world saw the continent’s pursuit of intellectual and cultural sovereignty. May 28, 2025, marked the ...

Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's son, mourned his father with a heartwarming throwback photo. Thiong'o met his fate aged ...

James Githuka Ngugi was born on 5th January, 1938 . His birthplace was Kamiriithu, near Limuru, in Kiambu District, the ...

One of the last memories of author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o were in Leeds, the United Kingdom (UK). He was happily welcomed by ...

This 2010 image released by UC Irvine shows Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o [File: Daniel A Anderson/UC Irvine via AP] Ngugi wa Thiong’o loved to dance. He loved it more than anything else ...