James Thiong'o Ngugi

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:advocatesFor African languages in literature
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Leeds_University
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
gptkbp:arrested 1977
political activism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Catalonia_International_Prize
gptkb:Eurasian_International_Prize
gptkb:Nonino_International_Prize_for_Literature
gptkb:Park_Kyong-ni_Prize
Nobel Prize nominee
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-01-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kamiriithu,_Kenya
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mũkoma_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkbp:education gptkb:Makerere_University
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_California,_Irvine
gptkbp:genre drama
essay
fiction
gptkbp:hasWrittenFor gptkb:Gikuyu
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Thiong'o Ngugi
gptkbp:influenced African writers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:Frantz_Fanon
gptkbp:language gptkb:Gikuyu
English
gptkbp:movement postcolonial literature
African literature
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Kenyan
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Grain_of_Wheat
gptkb:Decolonising_the_Mind
gptkb:Devil_on_the_Cross
gptkb:Petals_of_Blood
gptkb:The_River_Between
gptkb:Weep_Not,_Child
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:writer
novelist
playwright
gptkbp:position Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Njeri_wa_Ngugi
gptkbp:subject postcolonialism
African literature
language politics
gptkbp:wroteInPrison gptkb:Devil_on_the_Cross
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5