The Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and compelled into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and considered one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this Wednesday morning,” wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ on Fb. “He lived a full life, fought battle.”
He died in Atlanta, and his daughter mentioned extra particulars can be introduced quickly.
“I’m me due to him in so some ways, as his little one, scholar and author,” his son Mukoma Wa Ngũgĩ wrote on X. “I really like him – I’m not positive what tomorrow will deliver with out him right here. I believe that’s all I’ve to say for now.”
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