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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
gptkb:writer
essayist
novelist
playwright
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gptkbp:advocatesFor
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African languages
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Makerere_University
gptkb:University_of_Leeds
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gptkbp:arrested
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1977
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Eurasian_International_Prize
gptkb:Nana_Literary_Award
gptkb:Nonino_International_Prize_for_Literature
gptkb:Park_Kyong-ni_Prize
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston/Richard_Wright_Legacy_Award
gptkb:PEN/Nabokov_Award_for_Achievement_in_International_Literature
Nobel Prize nominee
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gptkbp:birthName
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gptkb:James_Thiong'o_Ngugi
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Mũkoma_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkb:Nducu_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkb:Thiong'o_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkb:Tutu_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkb:Wanjiku_wa_Ngũgĩ
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gptkbp:dateOfBirth
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1938-01-05
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:New_York_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Irvine
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:University_of_Nairobi
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gptkbp:formerName
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gptkb:James_Ngugi
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:memoir
gptkb:novel
gptkb:play
essay
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gptkbp:hasWrittenFor
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gptkb:Gikuyu
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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gptkbp:imprisonedAt
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1977
political activism
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Mũkoma_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkb:Wanjiku_wa_Ngũgĩ
African writers
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:Frantz_Fanon
gptkb:Ngugi_wa_Mirii
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Gikuyu
English
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
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gptkbp:movement
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postcolonial literature
decolonization
African literature
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Kenyan
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:A_Grain_of_Wheat
gptkb:Decolonising_the_Mind
gptkb:Devil_on_the_Cross
gptkb:Matigari
gptkb:Petals_of_Blood
gptkb:The_River_Between
gptkb:Weep_Not,_Child
gptkb:Wizard_of_the_Crow
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:academic
essayist
novelist
playwright
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Kamiriithu,_Kenya
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gptkbp:renamed
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gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Njeri_wa_Ngugi
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:language
gptkb:politics
education
African identity
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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biographies
documentaries
numerous academic studies
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gptkbp:website
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https://ngugiwathiongo.com/
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gptkbp:wroteInPrison
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gptkb:Devil_on_the_Cross
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:American_Book_Award
gptkb:Bertolt_Brecht
gptkb:Frantz_Fanon
gptkb:Nairobi,_Kenya
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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