We’re honoured to broadcast a two-part memorial reading (Monday 30 June & Wednesday 2 July from 6pm) for the writer, educator and revolutionary Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025) – organised by our longtime comrades Serubiri Moses and Bwesigye Bwa-Mwesigire, and structured around the chronology of Ngũgĩ ‘s publications.
When: Monday 30 June & Wednesday 2 July from 6pm
Where: Tune in via panafricanspacestation.org.za
A major thread concerns the arrival of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o as a rebel theorist following his detainment, as well as his long preoccupation with the legacy of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army, as well as the author’s major criticism of Kenya’s former presidents Moi and Kenyatta. His engagement with languages was lifelong. Yet his work on translation and oral tradition intensified in his later years combined with his interests in memoir.
This is a celebration of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s life with readings of his words in theory, drama, fiction, nonfiction, and personal reflections to the work. Sound design by Joseph Mutono.
