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The title says he is signing Wizard of the Crow, while the same photo appearing in Chinua Achebe is assumed to be about Weep Not, Child?
I suggest deleting the photo in Achebe's article because it is not that relevant to that article. This comment may be better posted over there but its talk page seems to be inactive now. LunaFan (talk) 21:26, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I added a link to Gikuyu language in the text, and one on that page to this - surprised they were not already there. Two quick questions:
The reference to the Nairobi Standard article is dead. Perhaps something like the Wayback Machine has another copy?
Try Allafrica.com Even though they charge for access to their archives the article should have acopy there 11:26, 16 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kimemia Maina (talk • contribs)
Someone has hacked and trolled the introductory paragraph with a number of unfavourable quotes (some unattributed) relating to Ngugi. They should be placed in a "criticisms" section or removed surely? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.207.102 (talk) 15:00, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I notice that a request for a citation has been placed against the statement that Ngugi's mother was tortured. The incident is not mentioned in Ngugi's childhood memoir "Dreams in a time of war" (Harvill Secker 2010) in which he recounts how his mother was questioned. It is possible that it happened after the memoir ends in January 1955, but by then the Mau Mau uprising was coming to an end. I suggest that if no citation for the statement is provided, it should be deleted.--MWLittleGuy (talk) 11:11, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What is the HTML character code for making a U or an I with a tilde? I tried ũ and ĩ and they're not rendering in Internet Explorer or Firefox. Wikipedia seems to be the only site that shows these characters properly. Burnbrae (talk) 21:26, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This article is notably lacking dates. When did he first come to the USA? totake up the NYU position? When did he go to UC-Irvine? This would give more veracity. His Kenyan publisher was key to his success but is not mentioned. At present, this entry differs little from the author's website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donnezmoi (talk • contribs) 20:39, 3 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The theory that Ngugi might get the Nobel prize is silly speculation and should not be here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.246.90 (talk) 12:51, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If, as he says, Ngugi advocates Fanon and African languages, it will be interesting to hear which langages Fanon should write in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.246.90 (talk) 13:46, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Currently, the opening paragraph says that his original name was "James Thiong'o Ngugi", and a subsequent paragraph says that he was "baptised James Ngugi".
What is right?
Also, should the previous name appear in the first paragraph? According to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography#Changed names, it should appear only if the subject was notable under that name. He published books before he changed his name, but the cover of Weep Not, Child, for example, shows the name as "James Ngugi" and not as "James Thiong'o Ngugi", so I'm not sure what's the right thing to do. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 11:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Why most of the article calls him by his first name, Ngũgĩ, and not by the patronimic, wa Thiong'o? The article about Shakespeare keeps saying William or says Shakespeare?
-- 77.75.179.1 (talk) 05:56, 23 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
This statement: "His debut novel, Weep Not, Child, was published in May 1964, becoming the first novel in English to be published by a writer from East Africa." is wrong!
Numerous authors from East Africa had published novels in English decades before this date. He may have been the first Kikuyu to publish a novel in English. 2001:8003:70F5:2400:6011:9B2C:DACE:20E9 (talk) 19:20, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
3 intersting facts 41.114.234.224 (talk) 20:30, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]