Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author portrait
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025) was an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages.
Devil on the Cross
The River Between
Weep Not, Child
A Grain of Wheat
Dreams in a Time of War
Wizard of the Crow
Petals of Blood

Books

Devil on the Cross
The River Between
Weep Not, Child
A Grain of Wheat
Dreams in a Time of War
Wizard of the Crow
Petals of Blood

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