In the News: New memoir volume by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

419dgcyrnxl-_sx332_bo1204203200_Our friend and colleague, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o, has been featured in the news multiple times in recent months, following the recent publication of the third volume of his memoir, “Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening.” Unsurprisingly, the reviews of Ngugi’s new book are full of praise as the author reflects on a period in his life he spent as a student in Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and the critical uprisings occurring at that time.   

Ngugi wa Thiong’o on Starting Out as a Writer
by Michela Wrong, New York Times

Song of Africa
The Economist

Ngugi wa Thiong’o interprets a continent to the world
by Kwanele Sosibo, Mail & Guardian

‘It was defiance’: an interview with Ngugi wa Thiong’o
by Neil Munshi, Financial Times