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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o - Author
HARDtalk speaks to one of Africa's greatest living writers, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. How far have today's young Africans forgotten the sacrifices that brought about independence?
HARDtalk speaks to one of Africa's greatest living writers, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. Tipped to win the Nobel prize for literature, he decided years ago not to write novels in English but in Gikuyu, his mother tongue. His work includes extraordinary memoirs of colonial times and the Mau Mau uprising in his native Kenya. How far have today's young Africans forgotten the sacrifices that brought about independence? And has that independence itself been a disappointment?
Last on
Tue 23 Jul 2013
23:30GMT
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Interviewer | Gavin Esler |
Interviewed Guest | Ngugi Wa Thiong'o |
Broadcasts
- Mon 22 Jul 2013 03:30GMT
- Tue 23 Jul 2013 09:35GMT
- Tue 23 Jul 2013 23:30GMT