Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - Wikipedia
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; [1] born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) [2] is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as "East Africa's leading novelist". [3] 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 ...
Ngugi wa Thiong’o | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
Ngugi wa Thiong’o (born January 5, 1938, Limuru, Kenya) is a Kenyan writer who is considered East Africa’s leading novelist. His popular Weep Not, Child (1964) was the first major novel in English by an East African.
ABOUT – Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Profile of a Literary and Social Activist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family. He was educated at Kamandura, Manguu and Kinyogori primary schools; Alliance High School, all in Kenya; Makerere University College (then
Biography Ngugi wa Thiong'o | Center for African Studies
2020年6月22日 — Ngugi wa Thiong'o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family.
Bio — Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o Foundation
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o – Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a novelist and theorist …
WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL An unforgettable chronicle of the year Ngũgĩ was thrown in prison without charge. In an effort to fight back the humiliation and the intended degradation of the spirit, Ngũgĩ decides to write a novel on toilet paper, a book that will become his classic, Devil on the Cross. Read more
Ngugi wa Thiong’o (AKA James T. Ngugi) (1938- ) - Blackpast
2011年12月3日 — African novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a Kenyan author, educator and playwright. With the publication of his first novel, he became a critically-acclaimed author at the age of 29. His work is also published under the pseudonym James T. Ngugi.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Biography - eNotes.com
2024年10月30日 — Examine the life, times, and work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o summary | Britannica
Ngugi wa Thiong’o , orig. James Thiong’o Ngugi, (born Jan. 5, 1938, Limuru, Kenya), Kenyan novelist. Educated in Uganda and England, he wrote the first major novel in English by an East African: the popular Weep Not, Child (1964), which is the story of a family drawn into the struggle for Kenyan independence.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (ki; [1] born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) [2] is a Kenyan author and academic. He is called "East Africa's leading novelist". [3] He started writing in English, but later wrote mostly in Gikuyu. He has written many novels, plays, short stories, and essays. His work has been many different things.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters - Literary Hub
2019年10月9日 — Ngugi’s vision—driven by the involvement of the people in political and social activities on their own terms exemplified by Kamirithu—might possibly explain why his recent returns to Kenya following his forced exile between 1982 and …
Ngugi: Reflections on his Life of Writing on JSTOR
This collection of essays reflects on the life and work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2018. Drawing from a wide range of contri...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Writing Career: the Rise and the
2023年8月10日 — Ngugi writes that “the writer and the politician have been the same person” (73). Be that as it may, Ngugi identifies two varying types of writers, writing in the European and African context.
DECOLONISING THE MIND – Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Many of the ideas are familiar from Ngugi’s earlier critical books, and earlier lectures, elsewhere. But the material here has a new context and the ideas a new focus. This leading African writer presents the arguments for using African language and forms after successfully using an African language himself.
Introduction: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Reflections on His Life of Writing - Ngugi
Book: Ngugi; Online publication: 27 July 2019; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787443853.004
Kenyan Author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o On 'Minutes Of Glory,' A Short ... - NPR
2019年3月12日 — Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a professor at the University of California, Irvine who is often tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature, has issued a new collection of short stories.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Confronts the Problem of Sameness - The Atlantic
2022年5月20日 — A few years ago, heart surgery forced Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the Kenyan writer and perennial Nobel shortlister, to give up driving.He misses it. He misses getting behind the wheel for a few hours ...
Analysis of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Novels - Literary Theory and …
2019年4月11日 — Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s (born 5 January 1938) fiction, like that of many contemporary African novelists, is highly political: It portrays the traumatic transition from colonized culture to an independent African society.
BOOKS – Ngugi wa Thiong'o
I Will Marry When I Want (Ngaahika Ndeenda: Ithaako ria ngerekano), 1977 (play; with Ngugi wa Mirii) The Trial of Dedan Kimathi, 1976, (play; with Micere Githae Mugo and Njaka) Secret Lives, and Other Stories, 1976; A Meeting in the Dark, 1974; Homecoming: Essays on African and Caribbean Literature, Culture, and Politics, 1972
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African …
1986年6月26日 — Many of the ideas are familiar from Ngugi's earlier critical books, and earlier lectures, elsewhere. But the material here has a new context and the ideas a new focus. This leading African writer presents the arguments for using African language and forms after successfully using an African language himself.
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