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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
gptkb:writer
essayist
novelist
playwright
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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:awards
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gptkb:Eurasian_International_Prize
gptkb:Nonino_International_Prize_for_Literature
gptkb:Park_Kyong-ni_Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature nominee
Nana Asma’u Prize
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gptkbp:birthName
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James Thiong’o Ngugi
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Wanjiku_wa_Ngugi
gptkb:Mũkoma_wa_Ngũgĩ
Elizabeth wa Ngugi
Nducu wa Ngugi
Tuti wa Ngugi
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gptkbp:citizenship
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gptkb:Kenya
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gptkbp:dateOfBirth
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1938-01-05
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gptkbp:exiledTo
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:faculty
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gptkb:New_York_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Irvine
gptkb:Yale_University
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:memoir
gptkb:novel
gptkb:play
essay
short story
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gptkbp:hasWrittenFor
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gptkb:Gikuyu
English
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ngugi 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
African writers
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:Frantz_Fanon
African oral tradition
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Gikuyu
English
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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:nickname
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rejection of colonial names
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gptkbp:notableWork
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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
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gptkbp:occupation
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essayist
novelist
playwright
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Kamiriithu,_Kenya
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
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gptkbp:renamed
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gptkb:Ngugi_wa_Thiong’o
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:United_States
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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:identity
gptkb:language
gptkb:politics
education
African culture
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gptkbp:website
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https://ngugiwathiongo.com/
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gptkbp:yearChangedName
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1977
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Simon_Gikandi
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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