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Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, Writer, 1938-2025
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, the renowned Kenyan author and influential advocate for African language and cultural liberation, passed away on 28 May 2025 at the age of 87.
- His lifelong advocacy for African language independence and cultural freedom began with his early novels and breakthroughs like the 1962 Kampala conference.
- Ngũgĩ wrote extensively in English and Gikuyu, co-wrote The Asmara Declaration, and published the 1993 essay collection Moving the Centre.
- His works have been widely translated, and his story The Upright Revolution appeared in over 100 languages, illustrating his global influence.
- Ngũgĩ’s legacy inspires ongoing movements to decolonize literature and restore African cultural dignity, emphasizing liberation of the mind and language.
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: The Death of a Radical Writer and Novelist
Ngugi wa Thiong’o (5 January 1938-28 May 2025) Let us now look about us. Where are our national languages now? Where are the books written in the alphabets of our national languages? Where is our own literature now? Where is the wisdom and knowledge of our fathers now? Where is the philosophy of our fathers now? The centres of wisdom that used to guard the entrance to our national homestead have been demolished; the fire of wisdom has been allo…
On 28 May in Buford, Georgia, Kenyan writer Ng such as Thiong, died. He fought for a liberal but solidarity society, for equality, participation and fairness.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as town crier of Africa – The Mail & Guardian
Town crier of Africa. The title evokes Nigerian poet Christopher Okigbo’s lines when he demonstrates that he is the sole witness to his homecoming and it applies to the late Kenyan scholar, novelist and public intellectual, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o quite well. It characterises his resistance and stance, globally. Ngũgĩ is regarded as a member of the first generation of modern African writers who emerged just before and after African countries became i…
The pen as a weapon: the enduring legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – The Bay State Banner
Ngugi wa Thiong’o stands as a towering figure in African literature, a writer whose prolific career has been inextricably linked with the political and cultural struggles of his native Kenya and the broader African continent.
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