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单词 Gikuyu
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Forty years ago this year, the Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrote his country’s first modern novel in the Gikuyu language, “Devil on the Cross,” on scraps of toilet paper in prison. ‘We Need New Names’: harsh vision of the African Diaspora 2013-08-24T15:12:52Z
Thiong’o is best known in America for his novel “Wizard of the Crow,” which he wrote in his native Gikuyu and translated into English. Will Don DeLillo win the Nobel Prize in literature? 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z
Their parents hold that the girls will decide who wins their hands; Gikuyu declares to the men, “There are a few hurdles you have to jump so you get to know one another.” Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
The subtitle — “The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi” — is more useful. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
Gikuyu and Mumbi’s daughters are legendary from birth — “Young men lost sleep in dreams of the beautiful ones” — and dozens of suitors come to court them. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
But the decision to write primarily in Gikuyu was both groundbreaking and ridiculously brave. Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have won the Nobel prize for literature 2010-10-08T09:48:00Z
One day, while walking to school, she saw beautiful, well-dressed East Gikuyu women laid out along the road. An Artist With Roots in Nairobi and New York Imagines a New Destiny 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z
Still living in exile and writing primarily in Gikuyu, Ngugi continues to spin captivating tales. Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have won the Nobel prize for literature 2010-10-08T09:48:00Z
“The Perfect Nine” seems to answer that desire, telling the tale of Gikuyu and Mumbi, progenitors of the Gikuyu people. Review | ‘The Perfect Nine,’ by perennial Nobel Prize favorite Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a mythic look at his culture’s origins 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
But what separates Ngugi from his Nobel predecessor is his brave and polemical decision to write in his first language, Gikuyu. Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have won the Nobel prize for literature 2010-10-08T09:48:00Z
It was the infectiousness of his stories, their accessibility in Gikuyu and swift absorption into popular culture that frightened the authorities. Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o should have won the Nobel prize for literature 2010-10-08T09:48:00Z
They chose “Kamoinge,” as it means “a group of people acting together” in Kenya’s Gikuyu language. The Kamoinge legacy: the black photographers who changed the game 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z
But it would also be an acknowledgment of his work in Gikuyu. How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
That would hardly have happened had he begun his career writing in Gikuyu. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z
But I am asked over and over again, ‘Why do you write in Gikuyu?’ Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: 'Resistance is the best way of keeping alive' 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z
The women, who will become the matriarchs of the ten Gikuyu clans, are fearless, wise, beautiful and completely independent. How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
Originally written in Gikuyu and published in Kenya in 2018, the novel has been translated into English by Ngugi and embodies, in many ways, the arguments of his 1986 essay collection, “Decolonizing the Mind.” How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
His new book, “The Perfect Nine,” is a recounting of the creation myth of the Gikuyu people of Kenya — a quest novel-in-verse that explores folklore, myth and allegory through a decidedly feminist and pan-African lens. How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
More recently, the internationally acclaimed Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, after a successful career writing in English, decided to switch almost entirely to writing in his native Gikuyu. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z
Mount Kenya is also where, according to “The Perfect Nine,” God showed Gikuyu and Mumbi, founders of the Agikuyu people, the magical land He was bequeathing them. How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z
Maybe they are quite content with a local audience – but the local audiences themselves may not be able to read the authors’ books written in Gikuyu or Igbo or Chi. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z
I wonder how many literate Gikuyu speakers can read their language. ‘We spoke English to set ourselves apart’: how I rediscovered my mother tongue 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z
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