Ngugĩ wa Thiong'o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (  ; Archived at Ghostarchive and the :  wazalwa nguJames Ngugi ; ngomhla we -5 kweyoMqungu ngo nyaka ka-1938. Wayengumbhali nesifundiswa saseKenya, ochazwe njengoyena mbhali wenoveli ohamba phambili eMpuma Afrika nobalulekileyo kuncwadi lwaseAfrika lwale mihla.   

UNgũgĩ wayengumbhali wesiNgesi phambi kokuba atshintshe aze abe ngumeli onamandla woncwadi olubhalwe ngelwimi zesiNtu .  Imisebenzi yakhe zinoveli ezifana Umlambo Phakathi, imidlalo yamabali amafutshane, iinkumbulo, incwadi zabantwana kunye nezincoko ezisusela kuncwadi ukuya kuhlalutywa kwezentlalo. Wayengumseki kunye nomhleli wejenali yolwimi lwesiGikuyu uMũtiiiri . Ibali lakhe elifutshane lika-2016 elithi "The Upright Revolution: Okanye Kutheni Abantu Behamba Ngokuthe tye" liguqulelwe kwiilwimi ezingaphezu kwe-100  . 

Ngo-1977, u-Ngũgĩ waqalisa inoveli yethiyetha eKenya eyayizama ukukhulula inkqubo yethiyetha kwinto awayeyibambe ngokuba “yinkqubo yemfundo yoohlohlesakhe ngokubanzi”, ngokukhuthaza ukuzenzekela nokuthatha inxaxheba kwabaphulaphuli kwimidlalo yeqonga.  Iprojekthi yakhe yayifuna "ukungcolisa" inkqubo yethiyetha, kunye nokuphepha "inkqubo yokwahlukaniswa [ethi] ivelise igalari yeenkwenkwezi ezisebenzayo kunye nenkitha engahlukaniyo yabantu abancomayo abanombulelo" ethi, ngokuka Ngũgĩ, ikhuthaze ukungabi namdla "kubantu abaqhelekileyo".  Nangona umdlalo wakhe obalulekileyo othi Ngaahika Ndeenda (1977), awawubhala kunye no -Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, waba yimpumelelo kwezorhwebo, wavalwa ngurhulumente waseKenya owawulawula ngelo xesha kwiiveki ezintandathu emva kokuvulwa kwawo.