Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
In 1977, Ngũgĩ embarked upon a novel form of theatre in Kenya that sought to liberate the theatrical process from what he held to be "the general bourgeois education system", by encouraging spontaneity and audience participation in the performances. His project sought to "demystify" the theatrical process, and to avoid the "process of alienation [that] produces a gallery of active stars and an undifferentiated mass of grateful admirers" which, according to Ngũgĩ, encourages passivity in "ordinary people". Although his landmark play ''Ngaahika Ndeenda'', co-written with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, was a commercial success, it was shut down by the authoritarian Kenyan regime six weeks after its opening.
Ngũgĩ was subsequently imprisoned for over a year. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, the artist was released from prison, and fled Kenya. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine. He previously taught at Northwestern University, Yale University, and New York University. Ngũgĩ has frequently been regarded as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He won the 2001 International Nonino Prize in Italy, and the 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Among his children are authors Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ and Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ. Provided by Wikipedia
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Weep not, child / by Ngugi wa Thiongo
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In the name of the mother : reflections on writers & empire / by Ngugi wa Thiongʼo
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Dreams in a time of war : a childhood memoir / by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
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A grain of wheat by Ngugi wa Thiongʼo
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The trial of Dedan Kimathi / by Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938-
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Weep not, child / by Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938-
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A grain of wheat. by Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938 -.
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The trial of Dedan Kimathi / by Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938-
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Decolonizing the mind : the politics of language in African literature / by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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The trial of Dedan Kimathi / by Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938-
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A grain of wheat. by Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938 -.
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Decolonising the mind : the politics of language in Africa literature / by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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Decolonizing the mind : the politics of language in African literature / by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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Birth of a dream weaver a memoir of a writer's awakening ( a sequel to : dreams in a time of war and in the house of the interpreter) by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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The black hermit by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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Shetani msalabani by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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Mzalendo Kimathi by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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