Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
'''Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (; born James Ngugi'''; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as "East Africa's leading novelist". He began writing in English, switching to write primarily in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal ''Mũtĩiri''. His short story ''The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright'' has been translated into 100 languages.In 1977, Ngũgĩ embarked upon a novel form of theatre in Kenya that sought to liberate the theatrical process from what he held to be "the general bourgeois education system", by encouraging spontaneity and audience participation in the performances. His project sought to "demystify" the theatrical process, and to avoid the "process of alienation [that] produces a gallery of active stars and an undifferentiated mass of grateful admirers" which, according to Ngũgĩ, encourages passivity in "ordinary people". Although his landmark play ''Ngaahika Ndeenda'', co-written with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, was a commercial success, it was shut down by the authoritarian Kenyan regime six weeks after its opening.
Ngũgĩ was subsequently imprisoned for over a year. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, the artist was released from prison, and fled Kenya. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine. He previously taught at Northwestern University, Yale University, and New York University. Ngũgĩ has frequently been regarded as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He won the 2001 International Nonino Prize in Italy, and the 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Among his children are authors Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ and Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ. Provided by Wikipedia
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A grain of wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
London : Heinemann, 1988
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I will marry when I want by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Secret lives and other stories by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Moving the centre : the struggle for cultural freedoms by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Penpoints, gunpoints, and dreams : towards a critical theory of the arts and the state in Africa by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Writers in politics : essays by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Decolonising the mind : the politics of language in African literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Dreams in a time of war : a childhood memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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The black hermit by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Detained : a writer's prison diary by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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The perfect nine the epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
New York : The New Press, 2020Other Authors: “…Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-…”
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Weep not, child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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In the house of the interpreter : a memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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In the house of the interpreter : a memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Globalectics : theory and the politics of knowing by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Homecoming: essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture and politics by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Wrestling with the devil : a prison memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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A grain of wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Petals of blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
New York : Dutton, 1978
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Wizard of the crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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