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War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

On the Occasion of Nairobi Litfest Wanjeri Gakuru Recommends Joan Thatiah, Michelle Angwenyi, Billy Kahora, and More

By Wanjeri Gakuru | July 11, 2025

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

Liberating Lit: Iryn Tushabe on Writing Stories of African Black Queer Joy Under Oppression

The Author of “Everything Is Fine Here” Recalls a Seminal “This American Life” Episode

By Iryn Tushabe | June 13, 2025

The revolutionary Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has died.

The revolutionary Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has died.

By Brittany Allen | May 29, 2025

Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Wole Talabi Recommends Namina Forna, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and More

By Wole Talabi | November 3, 2023

Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Some Predictions For Who (Should) Win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Literature

Twelve Writers Who Have a Shot

By Lavanya Krishnan and Sandeep Bethanabhotla | September 30, 2022

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

On the Politics of Language in Nigerian Literature

Ọlájídé Salawu Examines the Colonial Grounding of the Country's Literary Industry

By Ọlájídé Salawu | October 27, 2021

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On Reframing and Overcoming the Bodily Colonization of Stage 4 Cancer

By Fred D’Aguiar | August 9, 2021

(and More)">Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on the Time He Met Langston Hughes
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By The Quarantine Tapes | December 8, 2020

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2020

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Giant of Kenyan Letters

Billy Kahora on a Global Literary Icon

By Billy Kahora | October 9, 2019

"The Return"

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 12, 2019

The Bay Area Book Festival in Five Acts

The Bay Area Book Festival in Five Acts

Jane Ciabattari Reports from Berkeley

By Jane Ciabattari | May 10, 2018

In the Endless Sameness of Prison, Writing Kept Me Human

In the Endless Sameness of Prison, Writing Kept Me Human

"Paper, Any Paper, is About the Most Precious Article for a Political Prisoner"

By Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | March 28, 2018

Decolonizing the Mind Means Today"> Mukoma Wa Ngugi: What <em

Mukoma Wa Ngugi: What <em

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Decolonizing the Mind Means Today">Mukoma Wa Ngugi: What Decolonizing the Mind Means Today

"The Work of Linguistic Decolonization Cannot Be Done By Writers Alone"

By Mukoma Wa Ngugi | March 23, 2018

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

In Which Joan Didion Appears More than Once

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2017

Decolonial Theory Should Not Be Safely Contained Within the Classroom

Decolonial Theory Should Not Be Safely Contained Within the Classroom

Why Poetics and Academic Practice Are Insufficient

By Evelyn Araluen | July 21, 2017