African playwright Ngugi wa Mirii, 57
Posted: Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 11:47 am1951 - 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. …