Tag: Ngugi Wa Thiongo
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, David Diop on Man Booker International Prize 2021 longlist.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and David Diop are on the longlist of the Man Booker International Prize 2021 announced on March 29, 2021. The Man Booker International Prize is awarded for a single book, which is translated into English and published in the UK every year. Both novels and short-story collections are eligible. The work of…
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o awarded the Catalonia International Prize 2019.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was awarded the Catalonia International Prize given by the Catalan government on December 20, 2019. The Catalonia International Prize is given annually, since it was founded in 1989, to those who have contributed to developing cultural, scientific and human values around the world through their creative work. Previous winners of this prize…
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s “Matigari” now available in Portuguese.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o novel Matigari is now available in Portuguese from translator Sandra Felipe and Ethale Publishing. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, one of the giants of the African writing game, published Matigari in 1986 in Gikuyu and the English translation in English was done by Wangui wa Goro and issued in 1989. Its blurb describes it…
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“Ngugi: Reflections on his life of writing” launches in Nairobi.
Ngugi: Reflections on his Life of Writing a collection of essays on Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s work, edited by Simon Gikandi and Ndirangu Wachanga, launched in Nairobi on June 13, 2019. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is one of the most important authors, playwrights and academics in world literature today. He is the writer of many novels, seminal…
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Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires 2018 winners announced in Yaounde.
The winners of the Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires 2018 were announced at a ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon on April 23, 2019. The Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) were launched in Cameroon in 2013. The awards, which are run in partnership with Brasseries du Cameroun with sponsorship by Castel Beer,…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to be awarded Grand Prix des Mécènes 2018.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be awarded the Grand Prix des Mécènes 2018 in Yaounde, Cameroon on April 23, 2019. The Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) were launched in Cameroon in 2013. They were initially defined as bilingual English-and-French literary prizes awarded on the proposals of literary associations. Since 2015, the…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Petina Gappah for International Publishers Association Seminar in Nairobi.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Petina Gappah are two of the many delegates set to attend the International Publishers Association Africa Seminar in Nairobi from June 14-15, 2019. At the Nairobi International Book Fair 2018 opening ceremony, the Kenya Publishers Association chairman Lawrence Njagi announced that the International Publishers Association (IPA) would be holding a seminar…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Mukoma Wa Ngugi in “Duel on the Ridges.”
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Mukoma Wa Ngugi were the two players in the Dr Joyce Nyairo moderated “Duel on the Ridges” at the St Pauls University on February 19, 2019. It’s been a Ngugi family month here in Kenya over the month of February. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o the family patriarch was in town promoting his…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o launches “Kenda Muiyuru” in Nairobi.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o launched his newest title Kenda Muiyuru at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi on February 11, 2019. Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is not a new name to anyone who follows African writing. The Kenyan born author and scholar wrote Weep Not Child the first novel written in English in Kenyan in 1964. Since…
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s “Matigari” set for the big screen.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o novel Matigari is set for the big screen says Nollywood filmmaker Kunle Afolayan. Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the giants of the African writing game with many books published like Weep Not Child, Devil On The Cross, A Grain of Wheat, Petals of Blood, Wizard of the Crow and many more.…
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o headlines The Gambia’s Mboka Festival 2017
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is headlining The Gambia’s Mboka Festival of Arts Culture and Sport currently happening in The Gambia. The festival which is making a debut is organised by Camp Africa, Global Hands and SABLE Publications and runs from 7 to 17 January 2017. If you are following the news coming out of The Gambia…
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Jalada Africa, Ngugi wa Thiong’o win at Sanaa Theatre Awards
Jalada Africa and Ngugi wa Thiong’o were the big literary winners at Kenya’s Sanaa Theatre Awards 2016 hosted at the Kenya National Theatre on 14th December 2016. There was a celebratory mood at the Kenya National Theatre as the performing theatre all came together to celebrate their best at the Sanaa Theatre Awards. Also at…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o moderated by Okey Ndibe at Ake Festival 2016
Ake Festival 2016 headliner Ngugi Wa Thiong’o was moderated by Okey Ndibe at the final book type event on November 19th. The headliner event at Ake Festival is where the cover writer for the Ake Review in any given year gets to do their thing. This year Kenyan author, scholar, essayist and generally awesome gentleman…
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Odafe Atogun debut novel Taduno’s Song launches at Ake Festival 2016
Odafe Atogun’s debut novel Taduno’s Song launched at the Ake Festival with eminent personalities including Ngugi Wa Thiong’o attending on Friday November 18th, 2016. The book launch also doubled as the debut of a new printing firm Ouida Books. Odafe Atogun was born in Nigeria, in the town of Lokoja, where the Rivers Niger and…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o to headline action packed Ake Festival 2016
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be the headline guest at this year’s edition of Ake Festival 2016. Ngugi, who will sit in conversation with Okey Ndibe about his life and work, will be joined by a galaxy of stars in the African literary space. This year’s edition is themed “Beneath this Skin.’ 15-19 November 2016 are…