Tag: Ngugi Wa Thiongo
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o lectures at the Kenyatta University
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o gave a lecture at Kenyatta University last Wednesday afternoon to a very large audience of students, faculty, and groupies. As you can imagine, this blogger falls squarely in the “groupies” category. It was an inspired lecture. Friendly warning: unlike previous blogs this one is a bit lengthy. The lecture was done in…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o clan to celebrate 50 years of Weep Not Child
Weep Not Child, the debut novel of celebrated Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong’o published in 1964, was the first book published by a Kenyan African. The author, who was known as James Ngugi before he opted to be a true African writer and adopted the name Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, then went on first pain and…
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Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s June homecoming
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o will be coming back to Kenya in June this year for a series of gigs to celebrate his first book Weep Not Child which was published in 1964. Weep Not, Child was written by the author under the pen name James Ngugi when he was a student at Makerere University. It deals…
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Okey Ndibe salutes Ngugi Wa Thiongo on his birthday
In case you missed it, Monday was Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s birthday or as this toddler I know (OK, it’s really me), it was his “happy birthday.” Kenya’s most famous literary son was born on 5 January 1938 in Kamiriithu, near Limuru, Kiambu County, the fifth child of the third of his father’s four wives. So…
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Top Writers in New African 100 most influential list.
The New African magazine has published its highly regarded 100 Hundred Most Influential Africans 2014 and it has some of what the team who run the publication considers the Africans to watch in 2014. The list is segmented into different categories like politics, media, arts and culture, business, and more. A few of the writers…
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Sequel to Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’ Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir imminent
A sequel to Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir which was written by Kenya’s most famous literary son Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is imminent. Dreams launched in 2010 and was received quite well. Dauti Kahura writing in The Star described the new book as one from a master storyteller giving a history lesson…
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The Olare Mara Kempinski library; opportunities abound.
Last year, I visited one of the most beautiful wildlife destinations on the planet; The Maasai Mara. At that place, I was a guest at the Olare Mara Kempinski which is in the Olare Orok Conservancy. Suffice it to say that the place is one of the best I have ever had the pleasure of…
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A drink with Mukoma Wa Ngugi
This Thursday was a special day as I had a beer with author and Cornell University professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi. Cornell Professor Mukoma Wa Ngugi was in town recently to do a literary workshop for people in the arts and literary journalism trade. The event was facilitated by the Kenyan Chapter of the African Arts…