Tributes to Ngugi Late Kenyan author was a great literary figure
His book 'Decolonising The Mind, the Politics Of Language In African Literature' is a post-colonial classic.
During his imprisonment, Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that helped put literature in African languages firmly on the map.
Ngugi died at the age of 87 on Wednesday, his daughter announced on Facebook.
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