"As an African and a Black person, I feel that I
have a duty to love all the places I call home. Love need not always be pleasant—it can be demanding, defensive, angry
and wrong. But it always wants to build, not destroy."
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NOVELIST. POET. ACTIVIST. SCHOLAR.
Mukoma Wa Ngugi is an
Assistant Professor of English at Cornell University and the author of the
novels Mrs. Shaw, Black Star Nairobi, Nairobi Heat, and a book of poetry, Hurling Words at Consciousness. Logotherapy (poetry) is forthcoming. He is the co-founder of the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature and co-director of the Global South Project - Cornell.
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video
Mukoma Wa Ngugi reads from his work and discusses contemporary African literature at the Library of Congress, part of the series of Conversations with African Poets and Writers.
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upcoming events
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