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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
One of the leading writers and scholars at work today, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; and Petals of Blood, as well as Birth of a Dream Weaver and Wrestling with the Devil (The New Press). He has been nominated for, among other honors, the Man Booker International Prize and is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.


In the Endless Sameness of Prison, Writing Kept Me Human

"Paper, Any Paper, is About the Most Precious Article for a Political Prisoner"
March 28, 2018  By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The College Years

"I was benefiting from a history that had come to negate my history"
October 12, 2016  By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
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