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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

1938–2025

Kenya

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Biography

Ngũgĩ wrote novels, plays and essays on colonialism and culture, and began writing fiction in Gikuyu to centre African-language literature.

1928–2014

1924–1987

1913–2008