African playwright Ngugi wa Mirii, 57

Posted: Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 11:47 am

1951 - May 3, 2008

Ngugi wa Mirii was co-author of one of the most influential works in modern African literature. His play, I Will Marry When I Want, written with Ngugi wa Thiong’o, was a searing indictment of what he considered the betrayal of the hopes of ordinary Kenyans by the country’s postindependence leaders. …

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