Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Our current exhibition features the influential Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o - novelist, playwright, essayist, and scholar - who challenged colonialism and defended African cultures, both politically and linguistically. Ngũgĩ was one of the first major African authors to stop writing in English and instead write in his native language, Gikuyu. His groundbreaking novels, including Weep Not, Child, Petals of Blood, and Wizard of the Crow, earned him international acclaim and frequent Nobel Prize speculation. Imprisoned and later exiled for his political views, Ngũgĩ continued to write and teach in the U.S.
He died in May this year at the age of 87, after a long illness.
The exhibition also features titles on the linguistics of East Africa, Kikuyu, Kenyan English and language and identity.

As always, you're welcome to borrow titles from the exhibition.

List of exhibition titles on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (XLSX, 15 KB)