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Also Known As	James Thiong’o Ngugi
Born	January 5, 1938 • Kenya
Died	May 28, 2025 (aged 87) • Georgia
Notable Works	“A Grain of Wheat” • “Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening” • “Devil on the Cross” • “Dreams in a Time of War” • “I Will Marry When I Want” • “In the House of the Interpreter” • “Matigari” • “Petals of Blood” • “The Black Hermit” • “The River Between” • “The Trial of Dedan Kimathi” • “Weep Not, Child” • “Wizard of the Crow”