In The News: The LA Review of Books interviews Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Our friend and colleague, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, entered the East African literary scene in 1962 with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National […]
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
In the News: Short Story by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Translated into more than 30 Languages
We at The CIHA Blog are very eager to publicize the pan-African writers’ collective site, Jalada. In this issue, Jalada publishes 32 translations of a new story by our friend, supporter, and freedom […]
In the News: The Humanitarian Promise of A Shared Memory / Actualités: la promesse humanitaire d’une mémoire partagée
Two Luminaries of Literature Provide Window into African Life
EDITORS’ NOTE: This week The CIHA Blog looks at the insights provided by the memoirs of two literary greats, Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, highlighting how the colonial era […]
Debating Aid and the African Renaissance
Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance (2009). New York: Basic Civitas Books.