Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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title:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as "East Africa's leading novelist". He began writing in English, switching to write primarily in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. His short story The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright has been translated into 100 languages. In 1977, Ngũgĩ
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Kenyan writer (born 1938)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C5%A9g%C4%A9_wa_Thiong%27o
date created:
2003-03-19T02:30:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T12:35:45Z
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