Ngugi wa Thiong'o

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:writer
essayist
novelist
playwright
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Makerere_University
gptkb:University_of_Leeds
gptkbp:arrested 1977
political activism
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Eurasian_International_Prize
gptkb:Nonino_International_Prize_for_Literature
Nobel Prize nominee
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:James_Thiong'o_Ngugi
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mũkoma_wa_Ngũgĩ
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1938-01-05
gptkbp:employer gptkb:New_York_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Irvine
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkb:University_of_Nairobi
gptkbp:genre gptkb:memoir
gptkb:novel
gptkb:play
essay
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ngugi wa Thiong'o
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mũkoma_wa_Ngũgĩ
African writers
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:Frantz_Fanon
gptkbp:language gptkb:Gikuyu
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:PEN_International
gptkbp:movement postcolonial literature
African literature
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Kenyan
gptkbp:nickname rejection of colonial names
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Trial_of_Dedan_Kimathi
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
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Kamiriithu,_Kenya
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:renamed 1977
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Njeri_wa_Ngugi
gptkbp:subject gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:language
decolonization
African identity
gptkbp:website https://ngugiwathiongo.com/
gptkbp:wroteInPrison gptkb:Caitaani_Mutharaba-Ini
gptkb:Devil_on_the_Cross
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Port_Harcourt_Book_Festival
gptkb:Wolfson_College,_Oxford
gptkb:Episcopal_Church_(USA)
gptkb:African_Theater
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5