Following Ngũgĩ’s death at 87 in Bedford, Georgia, Kenyans remember when his writing criticized an autocratic administration, ...

Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Amafibe said Africa was currently experiencing its share of global economic challenges, and stakeholders needed to embrace ...

Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two decade in exile, has died at the age of 87, Kenya's president ...

One of Africa’s most celebrated authors Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has passed away. The Kenyan writer and academic was 87 years old. Having published his first novel – Weep Not Child – in 1964, Ngũgĩ pursued a ...

Literary icon Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who died on Wednesday, 28, 2025, appeared on the list of favourites for the Nobel Prize in ...

President William Ruto on Thursday led the nation in mourning literary giant Prof Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, celebrated by many as ...

During his imprisonment, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that ...