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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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