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 ...

Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died at the age of 87, Kenya's president said. Shaped by an adolescence where he witnessed the armed Mau Mau struggle for independence ...

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a Kenyan novelist and playwright who explored the legacy of colonialism and the abuses of postindependence leaders with works that included an allegory on corruption written on ...

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, ...

On May 28 2025, Kenyans received sad news of the passing of Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o, an academic giant, pioneer scholar of African literature, an academic elephant on the African novel, a mukuyu tree ...

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 ...