Ngugi Wa Thiong`o`s Son Refutes Claims of Dead Father
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o`s son Mukoma wa Ngugi has refuted viral claims online that his father Ngungi Wa Thiong`o is dead.
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Mukoma added that truly death is inevitable but there was no need of inviting it to his father.
"Not again with teh death rumors Baba Ngugi wa Thiong`o is here talking to him as i write. To be sure death is invitable but there no need to invite it sooner". he noted.
Other online users also commented to Back up Mukoma`s clarification as follows:
"Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is alive and full of life. May the cold speculations be defied. The Literature maestro is fine....NOT DEAD"
Viral claims seen by this website indicate that Wa thiong`o rested at 82 years.
'84-year-old Ngûgî wa Thiongó rests. He was born in Kamirithu, Limuru, and grew to become a leading author who impacted the world through the books he wrote and his love and pride in the Kikuyu language. May God comfort his family". noted atwitter fan.
ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi also posted on his Twitter account to condole with the family of Thiong`o.
About Ngugi Wa Thiong`o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan Kikuyu writer and academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu and who formerly wrote in English. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature.
Ngugi Wa Thiong`o the novelist
Ngugi whose original name is James Ngugi wa Thiong`o makes the call to African writers to begin writing literature in their own languages, and to make sure that literature is connected to their people's revolutionary struggles for liberation from their (neo)colonial circumstances.
