TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: Ngugi wa Thiongo on Kenya’s Struggle for Democracy
CJSR FM88 www.cjsr.com 6 PM Mountain Time In numerous liberation struggles, writers are key fighters in the battle for the collective imagination. In the case of Kenya , no one has garnered more glory, and few have suffered more gravely, than novelist, playwright, journalist and lecturer Ngugi wa Thiong’o. He’s the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mutiiri . He’s a professor of Comparative Literature and Performance Studies, and he’s taught at Nairobi University , Yale , New York University and the University of California at Irvine . He’s the recipient of seven honourary doctorates. In his long literary career, he’s written many novels including Weep Not, Child; Petals of Blood; Devil on the Cross; and th e recent Wizard of the Crow ; he’s also written the plays The Black Hermit , and The Trial of Dedan Kimathi about Kenya ’s revolutionary hero. In addition, wa Thiong’o penned many essays, particularly to describe the imprisonment and repression he faced ...