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Mwakenya influence, torrid young life, shaped Ngugi's beliefs

Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o speaking at alliance boy's high school on June 4, 2015. [File Courtesy]

Two days before Christmas of 1974, a group of scholars filed out of a safe house in Nairobi. The conspirators had just concluded an ultra-secret meeting whose deliberations and ramifications touched off ripples across the country.

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