CULTURETECHLENSNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938 and died on Wednesday 28 May 2025; his Decolonising the Mind (1986) is quoted on the page; in 1977 he made the decision to stop writing in English and write in Gĩkũyũ, and his first Gĩkũyũ novel, Devil on the Cross (1982), was written while he was detained.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938 and died on Wednesday 28 May 2025; his Decolonising the Mind (1986) is quoted on the page; in 1977 he made the decision to stop writing in English and write in Gĩkũyũ, and his first Gĩkũyũ novel, Devil on the Cross (1982), was written while he was detained.
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- Decolonising the Mind — authored by → this record
- Petals of Blood — authored by → this record
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- https://krieger.jhu.edu/africana/2025/05/30/ngugi-wa-thiongo-with-ancestors-and-audience/ (verification source · master store)
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938 and died on Wednesday 28 May 2025; his Decolonising the Mind (1986) is quoted on the page; in 1977 he made the decision to stop writing in English and write in Gĩkũyũ, and his first Gĩkũyũ novel, Devil on the Cross (1982), was written while he was detained.
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