For Ngugi Wa Thiong’o (1938-2025)
Here is Professor Niyi Osundare’s tribute to the late Kenyan writer, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o
“In his company, you could not be lazy’: remembering my friend Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
A giant of African literature whose best works existed between the political and the personal,…
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Ngugi Wa Thiongo Passes, a Page Closes
I woke up on Thursday, May 29th, 2025, to a tribute to Ngugi wa Thiong'o,…
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Africa’s Brave New Ancestor Called Ngugi
Africa has just welcomed the path-finding Ngugi wa Thiong'o into the pantheon of ancestors. It…
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Africa’s literary giant, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, dies at 87
Professor Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, one of Africa's foremost writers, thinkers and revolutionaries, has died at…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o not dead
Born James Ngugi on 5 January 1938), the 83 year old writer and academic is…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o makes International Booker Prize longlist
By Nehru Odeh One of Africa’s foremost novelists and author of the critically acclaimed novel,…
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Ake Arts and Book Festival’s Worthy Headliner
By Adefoyeke Ajao The use of language as a form of resistance dominated Professor Ngugi…
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