THIONGʼO, NGŨGĨ WA, born 1938

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo

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10
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10
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9

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Earliest first editionWeep Not, ChildHeinemann, 1964 Most editions trackedA Grain of Wheat1 edition
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First editions, year by year

  1. 1964Weep Not, ChildHeinemann
  2. 1965The River BetweenHeinemann
  3. 1967A Grain of WheatHeinemann
  4. 1977Petals of BloodHeinemann
  5. 1980I Will Marry When I WantHeinemann
  6. 1986Decolonising the MindJ. Currey
  7. 1986Njamba Nene and the Flying BusHeinemann Kenya
  8. 1989MatigariHeinemann
  9. 2006Wizard of the CrowHarvill Secker
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When was Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo born?

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo was born in 1938.

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We track 10 books by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo across 10 editions, 9 of them first editions.

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