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I hope JJ was a female o, because the Mwihaki wey I na babe she be😂

fergie001:
Weep not child,
Weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall not be long victorious
They shall not long possess the sky.

back in the JSS and our plays during Lit classes.... Me as Njoroge and my bestie, JJ as Mwihaki

Rest on, Prof

Do we still have authors like these in Africa?

RIP baba

A library is burnt!

Rest in power

Starboytwo:
I've definitely heard the name..

Whats his famous work??

Gen z spotted

fergie001:


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eya.he made our jss days memorable.What kids of this generation know is portable and speed darlington.crazy uneducated generation

The greatest authors from this continent are more or less gone...!

I had to read his book in Lady back then. Good author. May his soul rest in peace

fergie001:
Weep not child,
Weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall not be long victorious
They shall not long possess the sky.

back in the JSS and our plays during Lit classes.... Me as Njoroge and my bestie, JJ as Mwihaki

Rest on, Prof

fergie001:
Weep not child,
Weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall not be long victorious
They shall not long possess the sky.

back in the JSS and our plays during Lit classes.... Me as Njoroge and my bestie, JJ as Mwihaki

Rest on, Prof

the poem you wrote is from Walt Whitman

R.I.P, great man
African Writers Series

Rest, Baba.

The end of an era. You were among the last of a dying breed...

RIP my best African writer. I read his classic, Weep Not Child, at least 20 times.

Angelfrost:
The greatest authors from this continent are more or less gone...!

Very few are remaining, most prominent among them being Wole Soyinka

The trial of Didan Kimati comes to mind

He is a legend. May his soul rest in peace

Kenya and indeed Africa has lost a literary icon

RIP

Weep not Child♥

fergie001:
Weep not child,
Weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall not be long victorious
They shall not long possess the sky.

back in the JSS and our plays during Lit classes.... Me as Njoroge and my bestie, JJ as Mwihaki

Rest on, Prof

Nyakobi called him.
That's the way the novel started. Later found out 'him' was Ngeroge, the little boy whose life mirrors the challenges and pains of survival in a locality under the siege of brutal Western influence.

Rest well prof ngugi wa thiongo....that name always comes out of my mouth.

I read A Grain of Wheat way back in the late 80s. Intriguing novel which kind of mirrored Things Fall Apart by detailing the events in colonial-era Kenya.

Walai:
Weep not child
Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Zambia shall be free
Kenneth Kaunda
Long Walk to freedom
Nelson Mandela
Books that made me
This generation don't read again, the knowledge gap keeps widening. So sad

Rest in peace Sir

After reading the bolded, I muttered "walahi" only for me to look up & see the coincidence with your moniker. Lols.

The trial of Didan Kimati comes to mind

He is a legend. May his soul rest in peace

Kenya and indeed Africa has lost a literary icon

RIP
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Oh! Just about to finish reading his book "A Grain of Wheat"
Rest on legend🕊️

Ishilove:

Very few are remaining, most prominent among them being Wole Soyinka

Yeah... Soyinka is among the last of the old guard of brilliant and gifted writers.

I fear this generation might never live up to their golden standard.

To make matters worse, the reading culture is fast fizzling out.

Rest in peace Ngugi!


Weep not child!


This generation won't understand.

BlackViper:
I hope JJ was a female o, because the Mwihaki wey I na babe she be😂

Jennifer ... one sweet Edo babe

Legendary writer, the blade who
Sharpened my desire for writing,
The height of whose literary skill dwarfed the mount Everest.
The border and landmark of literary genius.
When I read your books it feels like
Cuffs on my wrists I can't shake away.
I bid you my farewells as you return,
To the soil a seed from which you
Spring eternal.

Wow!

I back in the days when I used to enjoy his books in the African Writers Series

I particularly liked his name

May his soul rest in Valhalla

A grain of Wheat by this legend is a pure masterpiece. Rest in peace great man, you've done your part.

Creamypie:
Eyaaaaaa. Rest well sir. On a second note, if you haven't read forest of a thousand daemons by DD fagunwa and translated or edited by wole Soyinka,more than 40 years ago, pls do so now. Soyinka no be just human being

I've read some great D.O Fagunwa's novels & still have some of them (ed down from my mum):
- Ògbójú Ọdẹ Nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀
- Ìrèké Oníbùdó
- Igbó Olódùmarè

fergie001:
Weep not child,
Weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall not be long victorious
They shall not long possess the sky.

back in the JSS and our plays during Lit classes.... Me as Njoroge and my bestie, JJ as Mwihaki

Rest on, Prof

Will always for that moving novel of his "Weep not Child"

fergie001:


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RIP Prof. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Weep not Child is unforgettable.
You inspired so many minds positively.

bfn1:
I've read some great D.O Fagunwa's novels & still have some of them (ed down from my mum):
- Ògbójú Ọdẹ Nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀
- Ìrèké Oníbùdó
- Igbó Olódùmarè

That Ogboju Ode ninu igbo irunmole was one of my Yoruba textbook along with Alawiye. It featured the story of a day old baby god by the name of Ajantala. I didn't read it much because the yoruba grammar it was written in was too much for me.