Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, asalin sunan James Thiong'o Ngugi, (an haife shi a ranar 5 ga Janairu, 1938, Limuru, Kenya), marubuci ɗan Kasar Kenya wanda aka ɗauke shi a matsayin babban mashahurin marubucin Gabashin Afirka. Weep Not, Child (1964) shine babban littafin  na farko a harshen turanci na wani dan Afirka ta Gabas. Yayin da ya fahimci illolin mulkin mallaka a Afirka, Ngugi ya ɗauki sunansa na gargajiya kuma ya rubuta cikin yaren Bantu na mutanen Kikuyu dake  Kenya.
Karatu
Ngugi ya sami digiri na farko daga Jami'ar Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, a 1963 da Jami'ar Leeds, Yorkshire, Ingila, a 1964. Bayan ya kammala aikin digiri a Leeds, ya yi aikin koyarwa a Turanci a Kwalejin Jami'a, Nairobi, Kenya, kuma a matsayin malami.  Farfesa mai ziyara a Turanci a
 Jami'ar Arewa maso yamma, Evanston, Illinois, Amurka Daga 1972 zuwa 1977 ya kasance babban malami kuma shugaban sashen adabi a Jami'ar Nairobi.
Kyautar Weep not, child shine labarin dangin Kikuyu da aka zana cikin gwagwarmayar neman 'yancin kai na Kenya a lokacin dokar ta-baci da tawayen Mau Mau. A Grain of Wheat (1967), wanda gabaɗaya ana ɗauka don ya zama Mai kwarewa a fasaha, yana mai da hankali kan yawancin al'amuran zamantakewa, ɗabi'a, da launin fata na gwagwarmayar samun 'yancin kai da abubuwan da suka biyo baya. The River shine littafinsa na uku (1965), wanda a zahiri an rubuta shi kafin sauran, ya ba da labarin masoyan da aka raba su da rikici tsakanin Kiristanci da hanyoyin gargajiya da imani kuma ya nuna cewa ƙoƙarin sake haɗa al'ummar da ta rabu da al'ada ta hanyar ilimin Yammacin Turai. Petals of Blood' (1977) yayi magana game da matsalolin zamantakewa da tattalin arziki a gabashin Afirka bayan samun 'yancin kai, musamman ci gaba da cin gajiyar manoma da ma'aikata ta hanyar kasuwancin waje.

Litattafansa
A Grain of Wheat
Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening
Devil on the Cross
Dreams in a Time of War
I Will Marry When I Want
In the House of the Interpreter
Matigari
Petals of Blood
The Black Hermit
The River Between
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi
Weep Not, Child
Wizard of the Crow

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