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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'oNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o - Wikipedia

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   Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as "East Africa's leading novelist". He began writing in English, switching to write primarily in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from ...

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Ngugi-wa-ThiongoNgugi wa Thiong’o | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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   Jun 15, 2024 · Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenyan writer who was considered East Africa’s leading novelist. His popular Weep Not, Child (1964) was the first major novel in English by an East African. As he became sensitized to the effects of colonialism in Africa, he wrote in the Bantu language of Kenya’s Kikuyu people.

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4. ngugiwathiongo.com › aboutABOUT – Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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   Learn about the life and works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a renowned Kenyan writer and scholar who fought against colonialism and neo-colonialism. Explore his achievements, challenges, and contributions in literature, politics, and language.

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6. ngugiwathiongo.com › decolonising-the-mindDECOLONISING THE MIND – Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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   Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. Decolonising the Mind is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. The book, which advocates for linguistic decolonization, is one of Ngũgĩ’s best-known and most-cited non-fiction publications, helping to ...

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   Learn about the life and works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a renowned novelist and postcolonial theorist. Explore his memoirs, novels, essays, and plays that reflect his experiences and vision of Africa.

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8. www.theguardian.com › books › 2023Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African ...

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   Jun 13, 2023 · “With just three days to go before the 2014 Nobel prize for literature is awarded, Haruki Murakami and the Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o are joint favourites to win the literary world’s...

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   Who is Ngugi wa Thiong'o?

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   When did Ngugi become a professor?

   • In 1967, Ngugi became lecturer in English Literature at the University of Nairobi. He taught there until 1977 while, in-between, also serving as Fellow in Creative writing at Makerere (1969-1970), and as Visiting Associate Professor of English and African Studies at Northwestern University (1970-1971).

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   Why did Ngugi change his name from English to literature?

   • During his tenure at Nairobi, Ngugi was at the center of the politics of English departments in Africa, championing the change of name from English to simply Literature to reflect world literature with African and third world literatures at the center.

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   Where did Ngugi go to school?

   • Ngugi received bachelor’s degrees from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, in 1963 and from Leeds University, Yorkshire, England, in 1964. After doing graduate work at Leeds, he served as a lecturer in English at University College, Nairobi, Kenya, and as a visiting professor of English at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

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   Does Ngugi use African language?

   • Many of the ideas are familiar from Ngugi’s earlier critical books, and earlier lectures, elsewhere. But the material here has a new context and the ideas a new focus. This leading African writer presents the arguments for using African language and forms after successfully using an African language himself.

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   Is Ngugi an Afro-European literature?

   • In retrospect that literature characterised by Ngugi as Afro-European – the literature written by Africans in European languages – will come to be seen as part and parcel of the uneasy period between colonialism and full independence, a period equally reflected in the continent’s political instability as it attempts to find its feet.

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10. cfas.howard.edu › articles › biography-ngugi-wa-thiongoBiography Ngugi wa Thiong'o | Center for African Studies

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    Jun 22, 2020 · Learn about the life and works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a renowned Kenyan writer, academic and activist. Explore his novels, plays, essays and his role in decolonizing the mind and literature.