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

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

By Jeff .G. DokiArtistic and intellectual ideological struggles are part of the overall struggle for survival and development.’(Ngugi wa Thiong’O, Moving the Centre,1993).ON Wednesday, May 28, 2025, ...

As a young student in high school, I was greatly thrilled by the adventures of literature. Having grown up in the rural landscape and appreciative of the cultural heritage of our time, reading Ngugi ...

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.

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

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

On May 28, 2025, an African literary iroko fell. Ngugi wa Thiong’o departed the earth at 87 years old and joined the realm of ...

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

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a Kenyan novelist and playwright who explored the legacy of colonialism and the abuses of postindependence leaders with works that included an allegory on corruption written ...