The two-hour memorial featured a mixture of Gikuyu music, recitations of sections of Ngugi’s works, and live visual arts ...

One of his brothers was a freedom fighter against the British while another sibling was shot to death, Ngugi Wa Thinog’o ...

Professor Mukoma wa Ngugi said he only learned of his father Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s final moments through a sibling, adding that they had been estranged.

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

Professor Mukoma wa Ngugi revealed that his 2024 tweet on his father physically abusing his mother during his childhood put a ...

In 1967, when A Grain of Wheat was published by then James Ngugi, I was in Form Four at Friends School Kamusinga. Richard Pettit, our English teacher, praised the work. “Now,” he said, “James Ngugi ...

Remembering Ngugi reminds us of universities’ past ideals—and asks if they can once ...

Mukoma wa Ngugi characterised his relationship with his father as strained, far from the warmth typically expected between a ...

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

Ngugi wa Thiong’o's legacy endures through his influential works and unwavering dedication to cultural authenticity and ...

The late Kenyan writer chose to write only in his native Gikuyu language after 1977. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...