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Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87

NAIROBI – In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet Mbata, who ...
The Conversation

African Literature in the Digital Age: new book traces the role of the internet, queers and class

The first book-length study of digital literature in Africa has attracted a lot of academic attention. African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Kenya and ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kenyans mourn African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya's capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Nuria ...
The Nation Newspaper

‘African literature instate of flux’

What is the state of African literature given the number of African writers-poets, novelists, playwrights, more, who have moved to the Western world overtime? This issue of the mixture of African ...
The Daily Californian

Doe Library displays its first African literature exhibit

In its first exhibit on the “diversity and excellence” of African literature, Doe Library invites visitors on a tour of literature across sub-Saharan Africa. More than 50 people attended the launch to ...
The Times Leader

African American literature matters

February is Black History Month. This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, in this reflective season, we find ...
Newsday

Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died at 87

NAIROBI, Kenya — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States. Bennet Mbata ...