Ngugi is described by many literature students as a pivotal figure in African literature and a master of political fiction.
The world has been hit with the very astonishing news of the demise of East Africa’s leading novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o at the age of 87 years.
By press time it was not clear as to what could have claimed the life of E. Africa’s celebrated literature authority.
Born on January5, 1938 in Kamirithu, Kenya to Wanjiku wa Ngugi and Thiong’o wa Nducu, he was named James, but later on in life, changed his names from James Nugi to Ngugi wa Thiong’o.
He attained his education at Alliance High School, Makerere University of East Africa and the University of Leeds.
Ugandan literature students of the 1960s and 1970s owe a lot of the deceased for his African Writers Series (AWS) novels including Weep Not Child, The River Between, A Grain of Wheat, Petals Of Blood, Devil On the Cross, Decolonising the Mind, and many others.
He is survived by four children. Ngugi is described by many literature students as a pivotal figure in African literature and a master of political fiction.