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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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Novelist, playwright, and essayist, Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born in Kenya on January 5, 1938. He received a B.A. in English from Makerere University College in Kampala, Uganda in 1963. He is Kenya's best-known writer and one of East Africa's most outspoken social critics. His first novel, Weep Not, mehr anzeigen Child (1964), was a penetrating account of the Mau Mau uprising (a tribal revolt that occurred in colonial Kenya) and was the first English-language novel by an East African. Two subsequent works, The River Between (1965) and A Grain of Wheat (1967), are sensitive novels about the Kikuyu people caught between the old and the new Africa. One of his major concerns has been the lack of reading materials in native African languages. In an attempt to bring literature to African peasants and workers, he wrote and produced the play I Will Marry When I Want (1977) in his native Kikuyu language. The play, which shows the exploitation of Kikuyu workers and peasants, attracted a large audience of poor Kenyans. It also led to Ngugi's arrest and imprisonment. After his release from prison, he went into exile and is currently living in the United States. His other works include Detained (1981); Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (1986); and Matigari (1987). He received the 2001 Nonino International Prize for Literature. In 2006, Random House published his first new novel in nearly two decades, Wizard of the Crow. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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(eng) Ngũgĩ's name is not in the western form of last name, first name, because neither Ngũgĩ nor wa Thiong'o is his "last name" in the sense that is used in the west. He returned to the traditional Gikuyi form of his name, which roughly means Ngũgĩ son of Thiong'o, and is referred to on his own web site as Ngũgĩ.

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Werke von Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

A Grain of Wheat (1967) 934 Exemplare
Herr der Krähen (2006) — Übersetzer, einige Ausgaben923 Exemplare
Der Fluss dazwischen (1965) 706 Exemplare
Weep Not, Child (1964) 559 Exemplare
Devil on the Cross (1980) 391 Exemplare
Matigari (Matigari Ma Njiruungi) (1987) 262 Exemplare
Im Haus des Hüters: Jugendjahre (2012) 125 Exemplare
I Will Marry When I Want (1982) 77 Exemplare
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1977) 46 Exemplare
Kaltgestellt (1981) 44 Exemplare
Secret lives, and other stories (1975) 42 Exemplare
The Black Hermit (1968) 28 Exemplare
Homecoming (1891) 22 Exemplare
Secure the Base (2016) 12 Exemplare
The Language of Languages (2022) 5 Exemplare
Njamba Nene and the Flying Bus (1982) — Autor — 4 Exemplare
Njamba Nene's Pistol (1984) — Autor — 4 Exemplare
Petals of Blood 3 Exemplare
Se Afrika (2017) 3 Exemplare
Writing Against Neocolonialism (1986) 2 Exemplare
Minutes of glory 2 Exemplare
This Time Tomorrow (1976) 2 Exemplare
Aradaki Nehir (2016) 2 Exemplare
Mtawa Mweusi (1970) 1 Exemplar
Nisun jyvä 1 Exemplar
Mtawa mweusi 1 Exemplar
Chmury i łzy 1 Exemplar
Njia Panda 1 Exemplar
Re-membering Africa (2009) 1 Exemplar
Mutiiri 1 Exemplar

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African Short Stories (1985) — Mitwirkender — 145 Exemplare
Granta 109: Work (2009) — Mitwirkender — 116 Exemplare
Under African Skies: Modern African Stories (1997) — Mitwirkender — 92 Exemplare
Nairobi Noir (2020) — Mitwirkender — 32 Exemplare
One World of Literature (1992) — Mitwirkender — 24 Exemplare
African Literature: an anthology of criticism and theory (2007) — Mitwirkender — 23 Exemplare
An African Quilt: 24 Modern African Stories (2012) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare
Masters of British Literature, Volume B (2007) — Mitwirkender — 16 Exemplare
Captive Imagination: Letters from Prison (2010) — Vorwort — 4 Exemplare

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Thiong'o, Ngugi wa
Rechtmäßiger Name
Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa
Andere Namen
Ngugi, James Thiong'o (birth name)
wa Thiongo, Ngugi
Geburtstag
1938-01-05
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
Kenya
Land (für Karte)
Kenya
Geburtsort
Kamiriithu, Kenya
Wohnorte
Kamiriithu, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
Irvine, California, USA
New York, New York, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Ausbildung
Makerere University
University of Leeds
Berufe
university professor
scholar of African and English literature
writer
Beziehungen
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (son)
Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ (daughter)
Organisationen
University of California, Irvine
Amherst College
Yale University
New York University
Preise und Auszeichnungen
Lotus Prize for Literature (1973)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 2003)
PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature (2022)
Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
Ngũgĩ's name is not in the western form of last name, first name, because neither Ngũgĩ nor wa Thiong'o is his "last name" in the sense that is used in the west. He returned to the traditional Gikuyi form of his name, which roughly means Ngũgĩ son of Thiong'o, and is referred to on his own web site as Ngũgĩ.

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Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in Author Theme Reads (Januar 2012)
Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in Author Theme Reads (Dezember 2011)
Introducing Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in Author Theme Reads (Dezember 2011)
Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in Author Theme Reads (Dezember 2011)
The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in Author Theme Reads (Dezember 2011)
Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in Author Theme Reads (November 2011)

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3.5, I did like the book and I learned a lot from it but you can tell its the author's first novel. The first half of the novel is a classic coming-of-age tale with a practical realism meeting the magical memory of the Kenyan hilllands. It plays out important issues for Africans under colonialism, dealing very directly with the complex issue of female circumcision. But the second half of the book is too burdened by repetitive exposition, and morality play style allusions for it to really shine, although certainly, the potential is there. The book is worth reading and I look forward to reading other of Thiong'o's works.… (mehr)
 
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Aidan767 | 19 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 1, 2024 |
First-hand engrossing memoir of life during the years of the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya, and the often brutal British colonial responses.
 
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sfj2 | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 3, 2023 |
Reasons read: ROOT, ANC,
I received this as part of AudioSync File summer program for young people. This is a work of verse telling the creation myth. It is a blend of folklore, myth, adventure and allegory. It is my first book by this author.
 
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Kristelh | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 6, 2023 |
This is well known enough on this board that no summary is needed. I will say only that I had the same reaction to this as to the last book of his that I read (The River Between): good, but no more. Although I find his settings and themes of great interest, he just doesn’t engage me. I don’t find the writing particularly moving and the characters—the protagonist(s) as well as the lesser characters—strike me too often as just a step up from stick figures. I will persist and try A Grain of Wheat next since that seems well-regarded here. But I will confess to being disappointed. Again.… (mehr)
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Gypsy_Boy | 7 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 25, 2023 |

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