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Ngugi Wa Thiongo Set to Break a New Ground As Novel in Gikuyi Language Listed for Booker Prize

Posted By: adminon: March 30, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: Achebe, Booker Prize, Nawal el-Saadawi, The Language question in African Literature, The Women question in African LiteratureNo CommentsViews:
Ngugi Wa Thiongo Set to Break a New Ground As Novel in Gikuyi Language Listed for Booker Prize

Kenyan born leading African writer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is stretching further the language question in African Literature by becoming what UK’s The Guardian is calling the first writer to be... Read more

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