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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Kenyan writer

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born: 1938
died: 2025
age at death: 87
known for: playwright, novelist, essayist

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who ngũgĩ wa thiong'o is

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.

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