Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua may inadvertentlybe aiding President William Ruto’s quest for a second term with his manygaffes.Many now believe the DCP boss will be the ‘enemy within’scaring ...

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called out critics who’ve raised issues about his penchant for speaking the Kikuyu language in public forums. • He was speaking in Wanjohi ward, Nyandarua county ...

In light of the death of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on May 28, 2025, many literary fans are reflecting on his influence in French-speaking Africa. How is this author, who wrote first in English ...

I was a teenager at Queen of Apostles College in Kaduna when I read the first novel of African literary giant Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Weep Not, Child. I was barely 14 years old and was deeply touched by ...

Ngugi wa Thiong’o has ultimately joined the pantheon of African literary ancestors, nestling alongside Chris Okigbo, Chinua Achebe, Abiola Irele, Ali Mazrui, and other greats, who gave Africa its ...

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 has sold ...

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Kenyan literary giant Ngugi wa Thiong'o, one of Africa's most influential writers and a fierce advocate for linguistic decolonization, died on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at the age of 87. His death ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) was a towering figure in African literature and postcolonial thought, widely regarded as East Africa’s leading novelist and one of the continent’s most influential ...

For 58 days the little red schoolhouse had served as a courtroom. Surrounded by barbed wire, guarded by armored cars and lines of soldiers, with reconnaissance planes flying overhead, the court was ...