The revolutionary Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has died. ‹
May 29, 2025, 11:57am Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has died. The Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic was 87. The “towering giant of Kenyan letters” broke through in 1964, with the publication of his first novel, Weep Not, Child. The bold debut, nurtured under his then-mentor, Chinua Achebe, dazzled an English-speaking public. Thiong’o went on to […]
