Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - a giant of African literature - dies aged 87

Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsNgugi wa Thiong'oNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature - a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness.His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily documenting the transformation of his country - Kenya - from a colonial subject to a democracy.Ngũgĩ was tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature countless times, leaving…