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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Champion of Indigenous African Literature, Dies at 87

His shift to writing in Gikuyu after his 1977 detention signaled a defining stand against colonial cultural dominance.

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Bennet Mbata holds books of renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who died Wednesday in the U.S., at Nuria bookshop in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Bennet Mbata holds books of renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who died Wednesday in the U.S., at Nuria bookshop in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

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