Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

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essayist human literary critic novelist playwright political activist postcolonial theorist university professor

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is a Kenyan writer, theorist of postcolonial literature, and prominent advocate for African languages whose novels, essays, and plays critique colonialism and its legacies.

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Label	Occurrences
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o canonical	5
James Ngugi	1
Ngugi wa Thiong'o	1
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ political activist ⓘ postcolonial theorist ⓘ university professor ⓘ
awardReceived	Nairobi Peace Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ surface form: Nobel Prize in Literature nominee International Publishers' Prize ⓘ surface form: Noma Award for Publishing in Africa Nonino Prize ⓘ surface form: Nonino International Prize for Literature Park Kyong-ni Prize ⓘ Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award ⓘ
birthName	Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Ngugi
cause	advocacy for African languages in literature ⓘ critique of colonialism and neocolonialism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kenya ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1938-01-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	Makerere University ⓘ University of Leeds ⓘ
employer	New York University ⓘ Northwestern University ⓘ University of California, Irvine ⓘ University of Nairobi ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Kikuyu people ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cultural criticism ⓘ literature ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ theatre ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ essay ⓘ memoir ⓘ novel ⓘ
hasChild	Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ ⓘ
imprisonedBy	Government of Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kenyan government
influenced	Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ ⓘ contemporary African writers ⓘ
influencedBy	African oral traditions ⓘ Frantz Fanon ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ
languageOfWriting	English ⓘ Gikuyu ⓘ
movement	African literature ⓘ decolonial thought ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ
name	Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	imprisoned in 1977 without trial ⓘ
notableIdea	centrality of African languages in African literature ⓘ Decolonising the Mind ⓘ surface form: decolonising the mind
notableWork	A Grain of Wheat ⓘ Birth of a Dream Weaver ⓘ Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini ⓘ Decolonising the Mind ⓘ Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary ⓘ Devil on the Cross ⓘ Dreams in a Time of War ⓘ Homecoming ⓘ In the House of the Interpreter ⓘ Matigari ⓘ Moving the Centre ⓘ Petals of Blood ⓘ Something Torn and New ⓘ The River Between ⓘ Weep Not, Child ⓘ Wizard of the Crow ⓘ
occupation	professor ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kamiriithu ⓘ Kenya ⓘ near Limuru ⓘ
politicalAlignment	anti-colonialism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
positionHeld	director of International Center for Writing and Translation at UC Irvine ⓘ professor of English ⓘ professor of comparative literature ⓘ
reasonForImprisonment	criticism of postcolonial Kenyan regime ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Irvine ⓘ surface form: Irvine, California United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
spouse	Njeeri wa Ngũgĩ ⓘ
writingStyle	politically engaged literature ⓘ use of allegory and satire ⓘ

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Neustadt International Prize for Literature → notableLaureates → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ

American Book Award → notableRecipient → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize → notableRecipient → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ngugi wa Thiong'o

PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award → notableRecipient → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o → name → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o self-link ⓘ

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o → birthName → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Ngugi

Chinua Achebe → influenced → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ

PEN/Nabokov Award → notableWinner → Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ