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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
New York. New Press. 2025. 224 pages.Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas is a collection of essays authored by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) that intricately…
The Language of Languages by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
London. Seagull. 2023. 116 pages. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s advocacy of Africans writing in their own African languages and then translating to other African and foreign languages began in…
The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
New York. New Press. 2020. 240 pages. NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O’S first venture into epic poetry is a triumph of the form, which resounds with the lyrical heartbeat of the Gĩkũyũ p…
Minutes of Glory and Other Stories by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
New York. New Press. 2019. 224 pages. While few writers hold their fingers against the pulse of postcolonialism, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has charted its very heartbeat. Quickly ascending to the foref…

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