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Vol 66 No 12

Published 13th June 2025


Kenya

Ngugi wa Thiong’o – The pan-Africanist bard

A champion of African literature and the rejection of colonial languages as a means to convey it, Kenya’s Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who died on 28 May, was often accused of ‘bringing politics into art’ – a charge he would have regarded as the highest praise.

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