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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 ...
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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 ...
Newsday

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87

NEW YORK — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens of fiction and nonfiction books traced his country's history from British imperialism to home-ruled ...
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: His prose was militant, held no brief for elites

NEW DELHI: In literature, life, and language Kenyan legend Ngugi wa Thiong’o was always off centre, pursuing directions away from canonisation. He died this Wednesday in the US at the age of 87, but ...
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Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87

NAIROBI – 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. Bennet Mbata, who ...
The Vindicator

Kenyan dissident Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who became a giant of modern literature, dies

This 2010 image released by UC Irvine shows Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. (Daniel A. Anderson/UC Irvine via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of ...