Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o dies aged 87

NAIROBI — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature — a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness.His work spanned roughly six decades,NAIROBI — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature — a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness.His work spanned roughly six decades,