15 Key Facts About the Late Kenyan Literary Icon, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

1. Birth Name: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was born James Ngugi on 5 January 1938 in Kamiriithu, near Limuru, Kenya.

2. Language Advocate: He famously rejected writing in English in favour of his native Gikuyu and Swahili, championing African languages as tools of liberation. 3. Literary Debut: His first novel, Weep Not, Child (1964), was the […]

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