Loading Person Profile...
We're loading the complete profile of this person of interest including their biography, achievements, and contributions.
/
/
We're loading the complete profile of this person of interest including their biography, achievements, and contributions.
Novelist & Academic
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) was Kenya’s most renowned novelist and scholar, known for writing in Gĩkũyũ.
Authored *Weep Not, Child*, *Petals of Blood*
Won literary awards and global recognition
Lecturer Nairobi
Academic in US
Renowned author
Trusted by Kenya's most prominent figures
Imprisoned 1977 for play criticizing dictatorship
University of Leeds
University College London
