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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87

One of the world’s most acclaimed writers, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, has died at 87

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