Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Title
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Birth Date
1938
Birthplace
Gĩkũyũ, Kenya
Primary Sources
Wa Thiong'o, N. (2017). Devil on the Cross (Vol. 5). Penguin. https://www.penguin.com.au/books/devil-on-the-cross-9780143107361
Wa Thiong'o, N. (2012). Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing. New York: Columbia University Press. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/globalectics/9780231159517
Wa Thiong'o, N. (2009). Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance. Basic Civitas Books.
Wa Thiong’o, N. (1993). Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms. Boydell & Brewer. https://boydellandbrewer.com/9780852555309/moving-the-centre/
Wa Thiong'o, N. (1992). Decolonising the mind: The politics of language in African literature. East African Publishers. Accessed December 3, 2022. https://archive.org/details/decolonisingmind00ngug
Wa Thiong'o, N. (2012). Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing. New York: Columbia University Press. http://cup.columbia.edu/book/globalectics/9780231159517
Wa Thiong'o, N. (2009). Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance. Basic Civitas Books.
Wa Thiongʼo, N. (1997). Writers in politics: A re-engagement with issues of literature and society. Boydell & Brewer. https://boydellandbrewer.com/9780852555415/writers-in-politics/
Wa Thiong’o, N. (1993). Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms. Boydell & Brewer. https://boydellandbrewer.com/9780852555309/moving-the-centre/
Wa Thiong'o, N. (1992). Decolonising the mind: The politics of language in African literature. East African Publishers. Accessed December 3, 2022. https://archive.org/details/decolonisingmind00ngug
Secondary Sources
Yiğit, A. (2022). Reflections on Kenya’s Economic Impasses: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Matigari and Wizard of the Crow. Research in African Literatures, 53(2), 110–130. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.53.2.07
Reyna, J. O. (2021). Opening the linguistic jail: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo and its philosophy of practice. Revista de Filosofia: Aurora, 33(59), 510–527. https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.33.059.DS10
Himmelman, N. (2019). Translation as Conversation: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in Euskara. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 56(1), 143–147.
Sivasasipoorani, M. (2017). Impact of Colonialism in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s The River Between. Language in India, 17(2), 415–430.
Jeppie, S. and Bachir Diagne, S (2009) The Meanings of Timbuktu, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). HSRC Press. Accessed January 10, 2023. https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/the-meanings-of-timbuktu
Gikandi, S. (2000). Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Mpofu, W.J. (2016) Devil on the cross: Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of decolonization. In Gatsheni, S.J. and Zondi, S (Eds.), Decolonizing the university, knowledge systems and disciplines in Africa. Carolina Academic Press.
Reyna, J. O. (2021). Opening the linguistic jail: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo and its philosophy of practice. Revista de Filosofia: Aurora, 33(59), 510–527. https://doi.org/10.7213/1980-5934.33.059.DS10
Himmelman, N. (2019). Translation as Conversation: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in Euskara. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 56(1), 143–147.
Sivasasipoorani, M. (2017). Impact of Colonialism in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s The River Between. Language in India, 17(2), 415–430.
Jeppie, S. and Bachir Diagne, S (2009) The Meanings of Timbuktu, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). HSRC Press. Accessed January 10, 2023. https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/the-meanings-of-timbuktu
Slawson, J., & Thiong’o, N. (2008). “Writers Are Possessed” An Interview with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Writing on the Edge, 18(2), 46–51. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43157361
Uwasomba, C. (2006). The Politics of Resistance and Liberation in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood and Devil on the Cross. The Journal of Pan African Studies, 1(6), 94-108.
Gikandi, S. (2000). Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Mpofu, W.J. (2016) Devil on the cross: Ngugi wa Thiong'o's politics of decolonization. In Gatsheni, S.J. and Zondi, S (Eds.), Decolonizing the university, knowledge systems and disciplines in Africa. Carolina Academic Press.
Extra Resources
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Homepage. Accessed December 10 2022. https://ngugiwathiongo.com/
Mwangi, E (n.d.). "Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o". African Studies. Oxford Bibliographies. Accessed August 27, 2022. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0137.xml
Shringarpure, B., & Popescu, M. (2019). The Cold War and the African Writer: An Interview with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Research in African Literatures, 50(3), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.50.3.02
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Europe and the West must also be decolonised (September 10, 2019). Cultural Research and Innovation Lab.YouTube. Accessed December 10, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOXqc-8zCPE
Mwangi, E (n.d.). "Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o". African Studies. Oxford Bibliographies. Accessed August 27, 2022. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199846733/obo-9780199846733-0137.xml
Shringarpure, B., & Popescu, M. (2019). The Cold War and the African Writer: An Interview with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Research in African Literatures, 50(3), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.2979/reseafrilite.50.3.02
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Europe and the West must also be decolonised (September 10, 2019). Cultural Research and Innovation Lab.YouTube. Accessed December 10, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOXqc-8zCPE
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Citation
“Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed April 6, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/26.