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Like father like son: The obsession with African languages and the ‘jukebox’ motif

Kenyan writer Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o. [Photo, Standard]

The gods may have conspired to deprive Kenyan writer Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o of the coveted Nobel Literature Prize, but they have been kind enough to gift his four children the power of fiction writing.

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