Celebrated Kenyan creator Ngugi wa Thiong’o is useless.
The creator’s daughter Wanjiku wa Ngugi mentioned in a press release on Fb on Wednesday that her father “lived a full life, fought a superb battle.”
Wanjiku confirmed that Ngugi wa Thiong’o died on Wednesday morning, urging his followers worldwide to “have a good time his life and his work.”
Wanjiku, who didn’t disclose Ngugi’s explanation for demise or place of demise, mentioned the household spokesperson, Nducu wa Ngugi, “will announce particulars of his celebration of life quickly.”
Battled kidney issues
Ngugi wa Thiong’o has died on the age of 87.
Lately, the literary big struggled with kidney issues.
For the reason that Seventies, Ngugi principally lived abroad, emigrating to England and finally settling in California, the US.
Within the US, he was a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature on the College of California, Irvine.
Nominated for Nobel Prize a number of occasions
Ngugi printed a number of literary works over the previous decade, together with the novel “The Excellent 9” and the jail memoir “Wrestling with the Satan.”
He was nominated a number of occasions for Nobel Prize in Literature, however fell in need of successful.
