THE PERFECT NINE: The Story of Gikuyu and Mumbi. By Ngugi wa Thiong’o. The New Press. $23.99. Ngugi wa Thiong’o is Kenya’s most distinguished literary figure whose career as a writer dates back to the ...

At 82, Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o — a towering figure of contemporary African literature and theory — is as fiercely prolific as ever. For nearly six decades, he has been building a mountain of ...

Kenyan writer Thiong’o (Birth of a Dream Weaver) departs from the sprawl of his past novels into an engaging if slight lyrical epic. Combining Homeric verse with oral storytelling tropes—choruses, ...

In his 2016 memoir of his student days at Uganda’s Makerere University, the Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o reflects on his particular place inside of history: “I entered Makerere in 1959, a colonial ...

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who turns 81 this month, returns to fiction field with a ground-breaking epic that subverts patriarchy and roots for social equity. The New Year heralds a remarkable gift for Ngugi ...

The Perfect Nine. By Ngugi wa Thiong’o. New Press; 240 pages; $23.99. Harvill Secker; £12. AMONG THE most exciting new writing of the past few decades has been the reimagining of foundation myths by ...

LONDON (AP) — Chinese writer Can Xue and Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, both long-favored contenders for the Nobel Prize for literature, are among nominees for the International Booker Prize for ...

The longlist for the International Booker Prize, an award for the best translated work of fiction, has been announced, and includes books from 11 languages and 12 countries. The prize offers £50,000, ...

Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose latest novel is "The Perfect Nine." (Daniel Anderson) At 82, Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o — a towering figure of contemporary African literature and theory — ...