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Namibia: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 – News

Namibia: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 – News

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Published on 2025-05-29 08:13:44

The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this Wednesday morning,” wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ on Facebook. “He lived a full life, fought a good fight.”

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