Ngũgĩ’s death rekindled reflections on reading’s power, contrasting lifelong book lovers with those never quite converted. A ...

The late Kenyan author committed to giving voice to the decolonial moment and vowed, in the late 1970s, to write only in his ...

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Kenyan writer and academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died on May 28, aged 87, was the first published English language novelist from East Africa. His first novel in English, ‘Weep Not Child,’ was ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Kenyan writer who was considered to be one of the founders of African literature, died last week at ...

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

The remains of the late Kenyan writer and scholar Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died aged 87, have been cremated in the ...

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

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

The news of his passing has triggered an emotional wave of tributes across social media platforms, learning institutions, and ...