Having published his first novel – Weep Not Child – in 1964, Ngũgĩ pursued a rich and acclaimed career as a writer, teacher and decolonial thinker. His last creative effort was Kenda Muiyuru (The Perfect Nine), a Gikuyu epic that was longlisted for the 2021 International Man Booker Prize.
Ngûgî wa Thiong'o was particularly keen in attacking Western hegemony: colonialism, religion, education, language and culture in his writings. He had no good word for colonialism. And he was as unapologetic as he was consistent.
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