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    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as...
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  • Decolonising the Mind (category Works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    Educational, 1986), by the Kenyan novelist and post-colonial theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role...
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  • Weep Not, Child (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    a 1964 novel by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. It was his first novel, published in 1964 under the name James Ngugi. It was among the African Writers...
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    Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Writing. His father is the author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. His family was deeply impacted by the bloody British suppression...
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  • Kimani). Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ was born in Kenya into a family of writers that includes her father, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and her brother Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ. She studied...
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  • The River Between (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    The River Between is a 1965 novel by prolific Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o that was published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers...
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    Writers Series and galvanized the careers of African writers, such as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Flora Nwapa. Achebe sought to escape the colonial perspective...
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  • Petals of Blood (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    Petals of Blood is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and first published in 1977. Set in Kenya just after independence, the story follows four characters...
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    Want), co-written with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1977) The Times, June 8, 2008: Ngũgĩ wa Mirii: Modern African playwright "Ngũgĩ wa Mirii – Writer(s) – Asymptote...
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    Secure the Base (category Works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    Making Africa Visible in the Globe is a 2016 book by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. The book addresses the issues of Africa's historical relationship...
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  • A Grain of Wheat (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    A Grain of Wheat is a historical novel written by Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, first published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers...
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    Writing. Mũgo's publications include six books, a play co-authored with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and three monographs. She also edited journals and the Zimbabwean...
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  • Ngaahika Ndeenda (category Works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    tradition, and marriage and family. The play was written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Ngũgĩ wa Mirii in the Kikuyu language and first performed in Kenya in...
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  • Wizard of the Crow (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    Wizard of the Crow (Gikuyu: Mũrogi wa Kagogo) is a 2006 novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and translated from the original Kikuyu into English by the...
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    including Nuruddin Farah, Ali Mazrui, David Rubadiri, Okello Oculi, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, John Ruganda, Paul Theroux, Nobel Prize laureate V. S. Naipaul, and...
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  • literary/artistic philosophy, such as the work of literary figures such as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Okot p'Bitek, and Taban Lo Liyong, and...
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  • international audience for many African writers, including Chinua Achebe, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Steve Biko, Ama Ata Aidoo, Nadine Gordimer, Buchi Emecheta, and Okot...
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  • Dennis Brutus, Arthur Maimane; from East Africa Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (at that time known as James Ngugi), Robert Serumaga, Rajat Neogy (founder of Transition...
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    Booker international prize" The Guardian. Accessed 22 October 2016 "Ngugi Wa Thiong’o" Archived 23 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Booker Prize Foundation...
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    language novel written by Kenyan novelist and Nobel Prize nominee Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Thiong'o wrote the original manuscript as a political prisoner between...
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  • Ngugi or Ngũgĩ is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008), Kenyan playwright Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), Kenyan writer...
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  • Chakravorty Spivak, Frantz Fanon, Bill Ashcroft,[citation needed] Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Chinua Achebe, Leela Gandhi, Gareth Griffiths, Abiola Irele, John...
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    terrestrial channels are transmitted via a DVB T2 digital TV signal. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is one of Kenya's best-known writers. His novel Weep Not, Child depicts...
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  • Matigari ma Njiruungi (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    Matigari ma Njiruungi is a 1986 novel by author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. The story begins with Matigari burying his weapons under a fig tree. After killing...
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    Vice Chancellor 2020 - to date Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Gikuyu-language author, father of author and professor Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ Wanjiku Kabira, literature professor...
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  • of colonialism as well as the annihilation of people's cultures. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o explored the cultural and linguistic legacies of colonialism in the...
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  • novel, and two distinguished African novelists: Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. In 2019 he became the president of the Modern Language Association...
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  • The Black Hermit was the first play by the Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, and the first published East African play in English. The travelling theatre...
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  • Devil on the Cross (category Novels by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)
    Caitaani mũtharaba-Inĩ) written and self translated by Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, which was later republished as part of the influential African Writers...
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  • subaltern’, Edward Said on ‘orientalism’, Homi K. Bhabha on ‘hybridity’, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on 'language'. These notable theorists are referred to throughout...
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