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March 31, 2021

Ngugi’s The Perfect Nine Is the First Book in an African Language to Make International Booker Shortlist

The revered Kenyan, who writes in Gikuyu, is also the prize’s first nominee as both author and translator of the same book.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Ngugi wa Thiong'o by Steve Zylius/UCI.

March 31, 2021

Ngugi wa Thiong'o by Steve Zylius/UCI.

Ngugi’s The Perfect Nine Is the First Book in an African Language to Make International Booker Shortlist

The revered Kenyan, who writes in Gikuyu, is also the prize’s first nominee as both author and translator of the same book.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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