Mukoma Wa Ngugi writer, poet and Associate Professor of Literature at Cornell University, has said his father the famous writer, playwright and scholar Professor Ngugi Wa Thiong o physically abused his mother Nyambura and silenced her to erase her from his story.
One of Africa's literary giants Pofessor Micere Githae Mugo has died. Mugo, a writer, poet, dramatist, activist, feminist and literary critic died on Friday 30 June 2023 after a protracted illness. She was aged 81.