By Kamau Walkui The death of Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has cast a melancholic shadow over Kenya and the literary world. While his death is a profound loss, perhaps the deeper tragedy is that we are only now in his death loudly proclaiming his worth. The country that ignored and exiled him in life has …

Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Kenya Must Celebrate His Life, Not DeathRead More

By Professor Peter Ndiang’ui For a long time, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o invited me, nudged me, dared me to write in Gikuyu, thelanguage of my mother. Not once, not twice, but with the persistence of someone who knowswhat is at stake: the soul of a people, the rhythm of memory, the dignity of naming the world …

Unshackled by a Poem: How Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o Outwitted My Fears.Read More