The Austin African American Book Festival is back again for its 19th year this Saturday at the Carver Museum. Dr. Rosalind Oliphant, founder & director of the Festival, joined us, along with ...

Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87 Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S.

“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed,” begins the cumulative tale of Austinite Anne Wynter’s award-winning picture book, nell plants a tree. In Wynter’s story, Nell ...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness. His work spanned roughly six decades ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively carrying books by Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died Wednesday in the United States.

Following Ngũgĩ’s death at 87 in Bedford, Georgia, Kenyans remember when his writing criticized an autocratic administration, which led to his arrest and imprisonment in the 1970s.

Africans are remembering the work of acclaimed author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, following his death in the U.S. They recall Ngũgĩ’s criticism of an autocratic administration, leading to his ...

Bennet Mbata, who has sold African literature at the Nuria Bookstore for more than 30 years in Nairobi, said he enjoyed reading Ngũgĩ’s writing and is sad “he’ll never write again ...

Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87. The prolific writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, originally from Kenya, died at 87 in Bedford, Georgia on ...

Tributes to Acclaimed African Literature Giant Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, Who Has Died at 87 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a bookstore in Kenya’s capital, the proprietor arranged a shelf exclusively ...

Tributes to acclaimed African literature giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died at 87. AP Bennet Mbata holds books of renowned Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o. By Associated Press.