Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87

Weep Not, Child: A tribute to Africa’s literary giant, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

Ngũgĩ’s work, just as that of Aimé Cesaire and Franz Fanon, holds legacy power. He stands as a revolutionary whose pen served as a weapon of resistance.

He was persecuted, imprisoned, threatened with death, but Ng such wa Thiong is not silenced and deserves the Nobel Prize. Now one of Africa's greatest authors has died.

He was the »Nobel Prize Laureate of the Hearts«: For years, he was considered to be the candidate for the most important literary award. Now the great Kenyan writer has died uncrowned, he was 87 years old.

The Kenyan writer Ngttle wa Thiong'o died at the age of 87. He was considered one of the most important authors from the East of Africa and was traded as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In prison he wrote one of his most important novels, several times he was considered a favorite for the Nobel Prize: Now Ngugi wa Thiong-o died 87 years old.

The Kenyan literary giant, from a post-colonial perspective, ridiculed the clownish and corrupt practices of African leaders in satirical novels, plays and essays.