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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 ...
Oct 9, 2019 · In 1976, locals from Kamirithu village approached Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who was born and still lived there, asking him whether he could help bring back to life their youth centre. Ngugi at the time was Chair of the Literature Department at the University of Nairobi.
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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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Oct 18, 2020 · English. Item Size. 752973988. xviii, 372 pages ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Introduction / Charles Cantalupo -- Limuru and Kinta Kunte / Kamau Brathwaite -- Publishing Ngugi: The Challenge, the Risk, and the Reward / Henry Chakava -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the Young Poet / Sam Mbure -- From Makerere University / Abasi Kiyimba ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is a Kenyan Post-colonial theorist, writer & academic. 1 The Irish naming system and the Irish language. ‘For many years they could not conquer the Irish…they [referring to Edmund Spencer, A View of the Present State of Ireland (1596)] come up with 2 things. One, names.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of the most renowned references of contemporary African literature and postcolonial thought, speaks with his publisher Laura Huerga on...
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family.
