Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's legacy must live on in African reality, not just in libraries
01 June 2025 - 00:00
The world awoke this week to the devastating news of the passing of the eloquent wielder of words, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. His death has robbed us of a principled voice of conscience that refused to compromise with the colonial project and its treacherous offspring of neo-colonialism. ..
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