Background
NGUGI, Wa Thiong'o James was born in 1938 in Limuru.
NGUGI, Wa Thiong'o James was born in 1938 in Limuru.
Makerere University College, Uganda and Leeds University, England.
Lecturer in Literature, University Nairobi 1967-1969. Fellow in Creative Writing, Makerere University 1969-1970. Visiting Association Professor Northwestern University, United States of America 1970-1971.
Former Senior Lecturer, then Association Professor, and Chairman Literature Department, University Nairobi. Arrested and detained December 1977, released December 1978. In exile in London since 1982.
Lecturer in Politics and Literature, Yale University.