Ngugi wa Thiong'o var en kenyansk forfatter og en av det moderne Afrikas viktigste diktere. Han var professor i litteratur i Kenya og USA, sist ved University of California, Irvine.
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| 2021 | Ikke gråt, barnet mitt : roman Weep not, child | |
| 2020 | The perfect nine : the epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi Kenda Muiyuru | |
| 2019 | Blodige kronblad : roman Petals of blood | |
| 2018 | Secret lives and other stories | |
| 2018 | Wrestling with the devil : a prison memoir | |
| 2017 | Elven som skiller : roman The river between | |
| 2016 | Birth of a dream weaver : a writer's awakening | |
| 2016 | Secure the base : making Africa visible in the Globe | |
| 2015 | Hvetekornet : en roman fra Kenya A grain of wheat | |
| 2013 | In the house of the interpreter : a memoir | |
| 2011 | Dreams in a time of war : a childhood memoir | |
| 2006 | Wizard of the crow : a novel | |
| 1993 | Moving the centre : the struggle for cultural freedoms | |
| 1989 | Matigari | |
| 1988 | Decolonising the mind : the politics of language in African literature | |
| 1984 | Djevelen på korset Caitaani mutharabaini | |
| 1984 | Jag giftar mig när jag vill : skådespel |