Monitor

Makerere University celebrates Ngugi wa Thiong’o legacy

Makerere University has celebrated the life and legacy of Ngugi wa Thiong’o the renowned African novelist, thinker, and ...
NPR

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, dies at 87

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, died at 87. NPR's Scott Simon previously spoke to him about his latest novel and waiting for the Nobel Prize.
The New York Times

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87

Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan authorities. He spent many prolific years in exile. By Alan Cowell Ngugi wa Thiong’o, ...
NPR

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan literary giant who fought colonialism, dies at 87

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Kenyan writer and novelist who critiqued colonial rule as well as the post-colonial Kenyan government, died Wednesday in a hospital in Buford, Georgia. He was 87 years old. His ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kenyans mourn African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya's capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Nuria ...
WVXU

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, dies at 87

Ngugi wa Thiong'o went to jail for writing a play in his mother tongue, Gikuyu. During his year in prison, he wrote his first novel on toilet paper. Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenya's celebrated novelist and ...