# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/micere-githae-mugo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:26:49.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/micere-githae-mugo"
name: "Micere Githae Mugo"
slug: "micere-githae-mugo"
description: "Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo was a Kenyan professor, playwright, author, activist and poet. She was a literary critic and professor of Literature, Creative Writing and Research Methods in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. She was forced into exile in 1982 from Kenya during the Daniel Arap Moi dictatorship for activism and moved to teach in the United States, and later Zimbabwe. She taught Orature, Literature, and Creative Writing."
tagline: "Kenyan writer and activist"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1942-12-12"
deathDate: "2023-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.59640905542545
  historical:           9.878510666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo"
    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo"
    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo"
    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
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    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%A9cere_G%C4%A9thae_M%C5%A9go"
    title: "Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo"
    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micere_Githae_Mugo"
    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Micere Githae Mugo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump