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Novelist & Academic
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) was Kenya’s most renowned novelist and scholar, known for writing in Gĩkũyũ.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) was Kenya’s most renowned novelist and scholar, known for writing in Gĩkũyũ.
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Authored *Weep Not, Child*, *Petals of Blood*
Won literary awards and global recognition
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Lecturer Nairobi
Academic in US
Renowned author
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Imprisoned 1977 for play criticizing dictatorship
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) was Kenya’s most renowned novelist and scholar, known for writing in Gĩkũyũ.
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