Ngugi Wa Thiong O
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Vusi Mahlasela has never stopped singing for change
South Africa’s most beloved troubadour on new music, staying rooted in Mamelodi and why peace is worth singing about
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as town crier of Africa
The Kenyan writer challenged Western influence on African culture and history, highlighting heritage and resilience
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: A writer who refused to bow
The Kenyan writer is dead but his story will live on, the story of the colonialism and the betrayal of postcolonial elites and how to survive
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, literary icon and cultural revolutionary, dies at 87
His pen exposed injustice, honoured heritage and helped free the African imagination from colonial constraint
Abdulrazak Gurnah: Nobel prize honours a self-effacing and unassuming talent
Not many knew of the unheralded Zanzibari author who has steadily produced 10 novels
Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill contradicts the constitution
The draft Bill proposes to shield academics and scholars who propagate racist and bigoted ideas
‘Speaking like falling’: Centring ukhoko’s tongue
Through her praxis, Kholeka Shange interrogates the marginalisation of African languages in the academy
N|uu book waters the seed of the decolonisation project
Katrina Esau’s The Ostrich and the Tortoise aims to preserve N|uu for its next generation of speakers
Nobel Literature Prize 2020: Controversy or crowdpleaser?
Names tossed about in the speculation include Caribbean-American author Jamaica Kincaid, Canadian poet Anne Carson, Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Hungary’s Peter Nadas and…
Border delays because officials can
Four hours after our arrival in Lagos, the immigration officials must have felt they had sufficiently flexed their muscles
Transformation began 50 years ago
The first bid to place Africa at the heart of literary studies took place in Kenya
Educate for democracy in Africa
Africans can become citizens by acting democratically and claiming their identity
Burning varsities: Responding to fire
As by Fire’s hard look at the recent violence on campuses presents dire warnings and hope
Soweto shines in short stories
Niq Mhlongo on writing about the present with a nod to the past, and the slices of life that sit waiting on every pavement of his childhood home
We need our own Nobel and an academy
We are content when our leading brains give intellectual aid to our former colonisers while our countries could do with their knowledge.