The passing of celebrated Kenyan writer and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on 28 May 2025 marks the end of a remarkable period in ...

The year 2025 has been difficult for Kenya and the wider African community, marked by the loss of influential figures across ...

In light of the death of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on May 28, 2025, many literary fans are reflecting on his influence in French-speaking Africa. How is this author, who wrote first in English ...

Prominent scholars, writers, and cultural thinkers across Africa and diaspora have gathered virtually to honour the life, legacy, and literary vision of Ngugi Thiong’o, Kenya’s foremost writer and one ...

•A prolific writer, author of ‘Weep Not Child’ and other great works is gone! He was often mentioned as a contender for the most prestigious literary prize in the world. He never won it. But the fact ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the Kenyan writer who was considered to be one of the founders of African literature, died last week at the age of 87. Remembering Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, ...

Renowned Kenyan author and scholar Ngugi wa Thiong’o cremated. [File, Standard] Renowned Kenyan author and scholar Ngugi wa Thiong’o has been cremated in the United States, eight days after his death, ...

The devastating news of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s passing has shaken the literary and academic scene in Africa and beyond. From the massive outpourings of condolences to his family from across Africa and ...

On May 28, 2025, an African literary iroko fell. Ngugi wa Thiong’o departed the earth at 87 years old and joined the realm of the ancestors. Born James Ngugi in 1938, he rejected his birth name in ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: a thorn in the side of the authorities, he did not dare return to Kenya until 2002 – whereupon he and his wife were sadistically attacked - Leonardo Cendamo Ngũgĩ wa ...

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.