# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ngugi-wa-thiong-o
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:55:20.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ngugi-wa-thiong-o"
name: "Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o"
slug: "ngugi-wa-thiong-o"
description: "Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature."
tagline: "Kenyan writer (1938–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ng%C5%A9g%C4%A9_wa_Thiong'o_2019_(48139052733).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-01-05"
deathDate: "2025-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.356616
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    url:       "https://ngugiwathiongo.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump