Ngugi wa Thiong’o in Kenya for writing career fete
Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o speaks at the University of Bayreuth on May 5, 2014. The renowned writer arrived in Nairobi on June 1, 2015 for two weeks of celebrations to mark 50 years since his first novel was published. PHOTO | COURTESY | PETER KOLB
Renowned writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o arrived in Nairobi on Monday night for two weeks of celebrations to mark 50 years since his first novel was published.
Mr Ngugi, 77, a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, published Weep Not, Child in 1964, a year after Kenya attained independence.
