#ngugiwathiongo — Public Fediverse posts

The Guardian (podcast): "From the archive: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African literature"

A thought-provoking meditation on language and identity.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jun/11/from-the-archive-ngugi-wa-thiongo-three-days-with-a-giant-of-african-literature-podcast

#NativeLanguages #Kenya #NgũgĩWaThiongo

Ah, qué triste noticia: murió el gran #escritor keniano Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
https://www.infobae.com/cultura/2025/05/28/murio-ngugi-wa-thiongo-uno-de-los-escritores-mas-influyentes-de-la-literatura-africana/

#NgugiWaThiongo #escritores #libros #obituario #librosrecomendados #novelas #novela #Kenya #literatura #literaverso #libroverso

#Saturday ❤️

#Bookshelves #Reading #Writers

Images: Prof Fayemi (A woman holding a child) Herman Kofi Bailey (A woman wearing gele-headwrap). Self with Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o

#BlackMastodon #Art #ArtHistory #AfricanAmericansCreatives #Image #Academia #History #Africans #Yoruba #Gele #NgugiWaThiongo

Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

#NgugiWaThiongo #BlackMastodon #Writers #Literature #BlackTwitter #African #LARB #Academia #Teacher #BookInTranslation #Kenya #Book #Lit #Academicchatter

Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

#NgugiWaThiongo #BlackMastodon #Writers #Literature #BlackTwitter #African #LARB #Academia #Teacher #BookInTranslation #Kenya #Book #Lit #Academicchatter

Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

#NgugiWaThiongo #BlackMastodon #Writers #Literature #BlackTwitter #African #LARB #Academia #Teacher #BookInTranslation #Kenya #Book #Lit #Academicchatter

Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

#NgugiWaThiongo #BlackMastodon #Writers #Literature #BlackTwitter #African #LARB #Academia #Teacher #BookInTranslation #Kenya #Book #Lit #Academicchatter

Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o By Remo Verdickt, Emiel Roothooft

"NGŨGĨ WA THIONG’O is considered one of the leading writers on the African continent of the last 50 years. On December 31, 1977, he was arrested and spent a year in prison as an opponent of the Kenyatta dictatorship."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/prison-left-me-laughing-a-conversation-with-ngugi-wa-thiongo/

#NgugiWaThiongo #BlackMastodon #Writers #Literature #BlackTwitter #African #LARB #Academia #Teacher #BookInTranslation #Kenya #Book #Lit #Academicchatter

@albinokid
Lovely idea - are we allowed ancient and modern?

#Shakespeare
#Dickens
#Austen
#GeorgeElliot
#EmilyDickinson
#ToniMorrison
#NgugiwaThiongo
#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie
#SiriHusvedt
#JonathanSafranFoer

I see the #Bookstodon crowd has been posting 5-7 of their favorite authors, with the authors' names as hashtags. It's tough to limit it to only seven, but, off the top of my head:

#PercivalEverett
#KazuoIshiguro
#ZadieSmith
#ElenaFerrante
#NgugiWaThiongo
#JulianBarnes
#IanMcEwan

#Books