Author professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o during an interview with the standard on 7/2/19. [File,Standard] Today, we celebrate the towering legacy of Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a literary giant whose pen has carved indelible marks across the landscape of African literature and consciousness. As we mourn his demise, this son of Kenya will forever inspire generations of writers, thinkers, and dreamers across our continent and beyond. .fade-out-overlay{position:absolute;top:-80px;left:0;width:100%;height:60px;z-index:1;background:linear-gradient(to bottom,rgba(255,255,255,0),rgba(255,255,255,1))}.paywall-container{position:relative;max-width:100%;margin:0 auto;padding:25px;border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:8px;box-shadow:0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.1);background-color:#fff}.paywall-container h2{text-align:center}.paywall-container a{text-decoration:none!important}.paywall-header{font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;margin-bottom:15px;color:#333;text-align:center}.price-highlight{font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;color:#d40511;margin:15px 0;text-align:center}.price-highlight .original-price{text-decoration:line-through;color:#777;margin-right:0}.divider{border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0;margin:20px 0}.subscribe-button{display:block;width:100%;padding:12px;background-color:#d40511;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:4px;font-size:25px;font-weight:bold;cursor:pointer;margin-bottom:20px;transition:background-color .3s;text-decoration:none}.subscribe-button:hover{background-color:#b0030e;text-decoration:none}.features-list{margin:20px 0;padding-left:20px;list-style:none}.features-list li{margin-bottom:10px;list-style-type:none;position:relative;padding-left:25px;list-style-type:none!important}.features-list li:before{content:”✓”;color:#d40511;position:absolute;left:0;font-weight:bold}.existing-subscriber{text-align:center;color:#555;font-size:14px}.existing-subscriber a{color:#d40511;text-decoration:none}.existing-subscriber a:hover{text-decoration:underline} Get Trusted News for Only Ksh99 a Week Subscribe Today & Save! Get Started…
Author: By Boniface Mwalii
Today, we celebrate the towering legacy of Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a literary giant whose pen has carved indelible marks across the landscape of African literature and consciousness. As we mourn his demise at 87, this son of Kenya will forever inspire generations of writers, thinkers, and dreamers across our continent and beyond. When Ngugi first put pen to paper decades ago with works like “Weep Not Child” and “The River Between”, he did more than tell stories—he reclaimed the African narrative. In a literary world dominated by colonial perspectives, he dared to center African voices, African struggles, and African…