Noted Kenyan ‘Gikuyu’ Writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Listed For Literary Prize
By By Lisa Vives
Some two decades ago, Ngugi wa Thiong’o challenged African writers to break their colonial chains and write in African languages.
He then shocked the literary world and took on the challenge himself. Although he continued to write nonfiction in English, Ngugi wrote his novels and plays in Gikuyu and translated some of his works into other African languages.
Today, the author of “Decolonizing the Mind—The Politics of Language in African Literature”... Читать дальше...