Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
@ngugio
Kenyan writer (1938–2025)
Building Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre as Founder · Kenya
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1938–2025
- Educated at
- University of Leeds · Makerere University · Alliance High School
About
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025) was a playwright and novelist. They were born in Kamirithu. They studied at University of Leeds.
In context
Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre was founded in 1976 and closed in 1982, after 6 years. Among the 26 other creative industries companies founded in the 1970s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 26 years, so this one closed earlier than most.
Contribution
Ngũgĩ's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.