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.
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Photos 3
Awards 5
In their orbit 2
Connected to Ngũgĩ 6
Manthia DiawaraAlso in Sembène: The Making of African Cinema (1994)
Mahmoud DarwishAlso won Lotus Prize for Literature
Julia KristevaAlso won Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth
Jorge AmadoAlso won International Nonino Prize
José Manuel BarrosoAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Auckland
Joseph StiglitzAlso won Catalonia International PrizeAbout this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1938 to 2025 · aged 87
Written about in
32 languages
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