At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o remains impassioned about the power of language
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At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o remains impassioned about the power of language
NEW YORK (AP) — At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o hopes he can summon the strength for at least one more book.He would call it “Normalized Abnormality,” about the lasting scars of colonialism, whether in Africa, Europe or North America, that are widely accepted today.“I will write it if I have the energy,” Ngũgĩ, who has struggled with kidney problems in recent years, said during a telephone interview.One of the world's most revered writers and a perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize, Ngũgĩ remains an energetic speaker with opinions no less forceful than they have been for the ..