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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, African Keniota writer, Italy, 17th May 2015.
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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, African Keniota writer, Italy, 17th May 2015.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has become the first writer to be nominated for the prestigious International Booker Prize as both author and translator. He is also the first nominee to write in an indigenous African language.