‘Growing up surrounded by books was the pull to the written word’

It is a rare feat to have members of same family engage in professional writing. As a matter of fact, the Ngugis have scored a first for Africa.

So far, Ngugi wa Thiong’o says, in different combinations, he and his children have appeared for readings in Jamaica, Florida and Atlanta in the US and London. In Jamaica, Mukoma wa Ngugi, Wanjiku wa Ngugi and their father read to a crowd of some 3,000.