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Humanities Author Series - N'gugi Wa Thiong'o

The School of Humanities Author Series presents

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Monday, December 3, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Humanities Gateway 1030

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is a recipient of eight Honorary Doctorates, is a Fellow of the MLA and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ngũgĩ, formerly Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Languages and Professor of Comparative Literature and Performance Studies, New York University, is a novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist from Kenya.

His latest book, In the House of the Interpreter, the second volume of his memoirs, covers 1955-59: his experience at boarding school—the first secondary educational institution in British-ruled Kenya—against the backdrop of the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising.

A follow-up to Dreams in a Time of War, this fascinating memoir charts the formative experiences of a significant voice in international literature, and stands as a record of the struggles of a nation to free itself.

Event is free and open to the public.

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