JUST IN: OPINION: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o — The Conscience Who Refused to Surrender 

  I recall a powerful talk he gave on the BBC World Book Club at the University of Nairobi Library in February 2019. He spoke about his time at Alliance High School—how the euphoria of learning from white teachers was violently shattered when he returned home to find his village razed and his family detained. The same civilisation that taught him truth in class was inflicting brutality in his community. The “mzungu” in the classroom was not the one wielding the gun in the village. Read More