Writing Against Neocolonialism

<p>Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of Africa's most prominent writers. Born in 1938 in Limuru Kenya Ngugi is a prolific novelist playwright and short story writer. His widely acclaimed works</p><p>include his first novel Weep not Child (1964) The River Between (1965) A Grain of Wheat (1967) Home coming (1972) and Secret Lives (1964) and M?rogi wa Kagogo (Wizard of the</p><p>Crow 2006) His play Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want) co-written with Ng?g? wa Mirii and published in 1977 provoked the Kenyan government which arrested and detained him without trial at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison for nearly a year. During this period Ngugi wrote the first modern novel in Gikuyu Devil on the Cross (Caitaani m?tharaba-In?) on prison-issued toilet paper which was thereafter smuggled out. He went into exile in the UK upon his release a year later before relocating to the USA. Ngugi wrote numerous books after his release including; Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary (1981) ) Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (1986) Kenda Muiyuru: Rugano Rwa Gikuyu na Mumbi (The Perfect Nine 2019) among others. He has won numerous awards for his writing and analyses</p><p></p><p>Never Be Silent Simama Imara Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of Africa's most prominent writers. Born in 1938 in Limuru Kenya Ngugi is a prolific novelist playwright and short story writer. His widely acclaimed works include his first novel Weep not Child (1964) The River Between (1965) A Grain of Wheat (1967) Home coming (1972) and Secret Lives (1964) and M?rogi wa Kagogo (Wizard of the Crow 2006) His play Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want) co-written with Ng?g? wa Mirii and published in 1977 provoked the Kenyan government which arrested and detained him without trial at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison for nearly a year. During this period Ngugi wrote the first modern novel in Gikuyu Devil on the Cross (Caitaani m?tharaba-In?) on prison-issued toilet paper which was thereafter smuggled out. He went into exile in the UK upon his release a year later before relocating to the USA. Ngugi wrote numerous books after his release including; Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary (1981) ) Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (1986)</p><p>Kenda Muiyuru: Rugano Rwa Gikuyu na Mumbi (The Perfect Nine 2019) among others. He has won numerous awards for his writing and analyses</p>