Ngugi wa Thiong'o @NgugiWaThiongo_
Author and Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English University of California ngugiwathiongo.com Joined December 2013-
Tweets121
-
Followers19K
-
Following4
-
Likes134
On this day in 1916, Ota Benga, an African native who suffered inhumane treatment by being kept in a zoo, committed suicide. He had been kidnapped in 1904 from Congo, and taken to America and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo with monkeys. A THREAD!
Walter Moses Burton, the first African-American elected Sheriff in the United States, Fort Bend County Texas, 1869. He served as Sheriff and Tax Collector until 1873 using a white deputy to arrest law breakers due to the racial unrest of that period. #blackhistorymonth THREAD
Did you know that an entire Manhattan village owned by black people was destroyed to build Central Park. The community was called Seneca Village. It spanned from 82nd Street to 89th Street. Successful Black Communities and Towns. A THREAD! #blackhistorymonth
In 1847, Missouri banned education for black people. John Berry Meachum went ahead and equipped a steamboat with a library, desks, chairs and opened a 'Floating Freedom School'. #blackhistorymonth A THREAD!
The 'Real Life Mulan', Cathay Williams. Cathay had to pose as a MALE to be enlisted as a union soldier during her time. She was part of the 38 Regiment Infantry Division and was called a Buffalo Soldier! A THREAD
In 1862, Robert Smalls stole a Confederate Ship and sailed it to Freedom disguised as a captain, freeing his crew and their families. #BlackHistoryMonth A THREAD!
American medicine has been built upon the abuse of black people with no oversight. I'll revisit a few cases of how Black people were abused in the field of medicine. #blackhistorymonth  THREAD(s)!
Most people have heard or used the term UNCLE TOM when we refer to a sell-out, but did you know that the inference is totally wrong. The real Uncle Tom was a hero, Josiah Henson, was an abolitionist who helped slaves escape among other great things #BlackHistoryMonth A THREAD!
These are the Muse Brothers. Their biological names are George and Willie Muse. They were two albino brothers; In 1899 they were kidnapped as boys in Truevine, Virginia by bounty hunters and were forced into the circus, labeled as “freak show” performers. Their owners showcased…
Happy birthday to the late Nigerian novelist, poet, critic and the central figure of modern African literature, Chinua Achebe.
Owek. @ANMakubuya: “ I truly hope that the University will find some spaces to name after the great alumni of our University in the bid to decolonize our nation and truly represent our heritage. Alumni like @NgugiWaThiongo_ , the great leaders of East Africa and many more.”…
Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources. More than 60% of the world’s cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones. Western countries are…
In 1957, Kenyan freedom fighter, Dedan Kimathi, was executed by the British. He led the KLFA (MauMau) revolution against the brutal British occupation of his country. "I don’t lead terrorists. I lead Africans who want their self-government and land.”—Dedan Kimathi —February 18,…
The world’s largest diamond, Cullinan Diamond, was stolen from Africa and pieces put on the British sovereign crown, royal scepter and the rest in the royal jewel collection. The British claimed it given to them as a symbol of friendship and peace yet it was during colonialism.
On this day in 1951, Henrietta Lacks died at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa Cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, gene mapping, vitro fertilization & more THREAD
Did you know Mega-musical star Josephine Baker, was also a spy in World War 2 for the French Air Force! In France, she found fame and freedom after fleeing racism in America. At the height of her career, she led a double life. She became a spy informing on the Nazis. THREAD
George Washington Carver had a difficult start in life. Born sometime around 1864, his father died shortly before George's birth, likely from an accident when he was out hauling wood. And only weeks after birth, slave traders kidnapped George and his mother. Rescued would not be…
On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his landmark speech "I Have a Dream"
If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.
Africa is portrayed as a continent without history before slavery and colonialism. African History isn't known by many people compared to the history of Europe, Americas, and Asia. Some of the world's great civilisations such as Mali flourished in Africa. A THREAD!
John Kamau, MBS @johnKamau1
45K Followers 3K Following Writer/Historian: Kibaki:50 Years of Service; KCB:120 Years History. Journalist of Year 2016. Ph.D student, @History_UofT; https://t.co/fOxBORiLLQ
#AskDrReign @DoctorReign
28K Followers 880 Following Wanjiku’s son. #PaediatricianWithBiceps Subscribe to #AskDrReign YouTube. Instagram @drreign TikTok @doctorreign For a Paediatric consult +254113035848.
Agìkūyū Women @AgikuyuWomen
17K Followers 1K Following Our Objective Is To Identify, Highlight, Document, and Celebrate Positive Elements About and of the Agìkūyū Culture. 💥 For inquiries SMS/WhatsApp 0790-224189
Dr Willy M Mutunga, C.. @WMutunga
1.3M Followers 1K Following INSPIRING THE YOUTH TO CREATE BETTER TOMORROWS.
Rasna Warah @RasnaWarah
46K Followers 948 Following Writer, journalist, researcher, editor, urbanist, cynic. Author of 5 books, including War Crimes and Lords of Impunity. Contact: [email protected]
🇯🇴BABU @alaminkimathi
78K Followers 3K Following Conscious World Citizen |Recovering Human Rights Defender | Liberation | Utu Heritage.
Derek R Peterson @Unseen_Archive
27K Followers 998 Following Ali Mazrui Professor of African Studies @umich. #MacFellow. New book: The Unseen Archive of Idi Amin, w photos from 1970s Uganda. https://t.co/ueCbnDMg4Q.
UDADISI @Udadisi
109K Followers 43K Following @ChambiChachage https://t.co/BZqAR0JVah https://t.co/qQZcPRprHP https://t.co/cQXpCqm7Er https://t.co/gcXPvKMZhp https://t.co/uPw1wmI9A8
BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper
34K Followers 547 Following Your go-to site for African writing and literary culture. We bring you all the latest news on publications, authors, events, prizes, and lifestyle.
Safal-Cornell Kiswahi.. @KiswahiliPrize
4K Followers 3K Following The Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature founded 2014 https://t.co/EnDQd11qqn
Wambui K. Collymore @WambuiKamiru
39K Followers 834 Following artist. #AllMyVenusDays #WhoWeAreKE #Harambee63 #YourNameBetraysYou #IMOTomorrow #AkiliNiNywele #Wakariru ( @artspaceke Co- founder: @bcfoundkenya) #Chimandem
Victoria Rubadiri @VickyRubadiri
630K Followers 4K Following 2020 @bbcworld Komla Dumor Award Winner | Journalist | Moderator | #TempleMade 🇰🇪🇲🇼
ciiru @CCiiru
11K Followers 5K Following Innovator ,manufacturer, educator, mentor. Head over heels In love with Africa! CircularEconomy & Sustainability expert. Protector of nature. Invests in youth
Mùnjirù Wa Mbarì y.. @jay423k
3K Followers 2K Following Mùnjirù wa mbarì ya marigù, rika rīa Mwangi mùciare nī Maina, mùthetheri wa therenjo, mùihwa na agathigia a mbarī a chai, na omùthenya nī njugaga ndī thayù.
Dr Sylvia Kangara @SylviaKangara
27K Followers 889 Following Advisor and Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Executive Office of the President, State House, Kenya. 🇰🇪
Seagull Books سیگ�.. @seagullbooks
13K Followers 2K Following Crafting books like works of art. World literature in translation. Fiction. Poetry. Drama. Social sciences. Theatre. Performance. Art . . .
Lexa W. Lubanga @Lexa_Lubanga
1K Followers 917 Following Woman of Letters |Kenyan Lit. Enthusiast| I own @wazalendoreads || Host @kreadathon🇰🇪 & The Meja Mwangi Readathon @whisperjungle
Thoughts of a coffee .. @MaryVee17
118 Followers 519 Following She read books as one would breath air, to fill up and live...Annie Dillard English and Literature teacher.
♡ @tootstakina
3 Followers 15 Following
Otema Beryl Awuor @OtemaA83674
11 Followers 47 Following ⚜️Economist. ⚜️Marketing Director, KUESA 2024/2025. ⚜️Congressperson, Kenyatta University(KU) 2023/2024. https://t.co/6TWPFu8vyG
Vincent Kitheka @ki69589
20 Followers 111 Following
Methuen Drama @MethuenDrama
11K Followers 2K Following Play publishers for over 100 years, with books on acting, theatre performance and production. An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. Now home to Oberon Books.
Sterlin Salvador @SterlinSalvador
191 Followers 1K Following Passionate About Science, Music & Sports
Legend T @legendt__
14K Followers 4K Following ᴹʸ ᵒⁿˡʸ ᵖʳᵒᵇˡᵉᵐ ᶦˢ ᵗᵒ ᵒᵛᵉʳᵗʰᶦⁿᵏ 💯 I overthink because I notice almost everything. 𝐍𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 🥂
Ali Kulez @ali_kulez
171 Followers 449 Following Assistant Professor @BostonCollege. Latin American literature. Food Studies. Dad. Turco. Comparativist at heart. South-South shenanigans. Views mine, obvio.
Joseph Norbert @JosephNorb68433
227 Followers 4K Following The Benign Creator is my supremacy.Husband, Barcelona,Gor Mahia fan ,Success is my paramount tool.
Gitane @mbow_deguene
50 Followers 284 Following If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.
Therealist @ibrahim256live
38 Followers 262 Following This platform is to analyze political spectrum as A Realist
Festus Ndege @ndege2030
96 Followers 405 Following
Iman Kur @ImanKur2020
0 Followers 8 Following
Siphesihle Ndawonde @SiphesihleBles6
332 Followers 2K Following UFS BEd graduate. BEdHon student at SU.
R Kemelfield @RKemelfield
1 Followers 80 Following
samawa @samawa763656
3 Followers 48 Following
JOSHUA OTIM 🇺🇬 @joshua_otim
817 Followers 1K Following Interested in Literal works and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) student at Uganda Christian University. @UCUniversity
Kinyanjui N @Kinyash_Martin
80 Followers 480 Following The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.
Joy Kyakabaale @JoyTuryamureba
859 Followers 3K Following
Mafaro Dube @hakuvahwi
681 Followers 652 Following Soccer fanatic...Love Caps United FC (Zimbabwe) and Arsenal FC (London)...warts and all.
TENDO ALVIN KABENGE @ATKabenge
163 Followers 1K Following 🎓A Proud holder of a Certificate of Computer Science, but even prouder of my capability to tackle expert-level challenges. Inbox me if you're ready to witness
Mpairwe Norman. @mpairwenorman
499 Followers 4K Following A crusading humanitarian worker, a responsible parent, Ugandan and a black,CEO Ubuntu & Westminster Freshcuts. An imperfect person loved by a perfect God.
Ritah Nahabwe @RitaNahabwe
809 Followers 700 Following Accountant^Black girls love pearls 🖤^Rotaract 💜 💕 💖
Da 🦵 Leg @ayubu_naigere
887 Followers 8K Following
Kaggwa Jackson @KJackson43896
20 Followers 112 Following
KAWEESA INVENT AND EL.. @kawesatoneyjohn
377 Followers 5K Following time is money the more you sleep, the less you earn. simple , am humble if not tampered!
Philip Tendo Kasule E.. @PhillKasule
343 Followers 3K Following
fAlbert @falbertAlbert
112 Followers 562 Following
K Stoian Luv @kaggwebrian
312 Followers 806 Following You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
Japh N. MBABAZI @NIYONSENGA58060
39 Followers 248 Following
Muyanja Ronald Kwagal.. @KwagalaMuyanja
95 Followers 230 Following CED- BOF Uganda,Gender scholar,Development practioner, mind set changer,Sunday sch Tr, child & Youth Development specialist. Views expressed here are personal.
kavumanichorous @kavumanichorous
87 Followers 468 Following
Mugisha kenneth @kenmugisha5
11 Followers 2K Following
Alexkamanzi @KamanziAlexM
77 Followers 547 Following Journalist || Show Host || Business Man || Love discovering /Research || Uganda Cranes and Arsenal fan.
Steven Milan enatu @MilanEnatu
613 Followers 2K Following Constructive Journalist. News anchor, Presenter, social media addict and documentarist. @tbsradio. *There is more in serving the community than an individual*
munakyalo Deo @kyagulanyiuk
38 Followers 326 Following
Busingye Festo Kukund.. @BusingyeFesto
376 Followers 4K Following
Om__ @9room754
4 Followers 609 Following
Hudu Hussein @HuduHussein
35K Followers 2K Following BAE-IUIU, Dip In LAW-LDC, LLB-MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, MBA-UMI, Dip In LEGAL PRACTICE (BAR COURSE-LDC); Writer, RCC Masaka City, Pan-African, Father
HolyEmma Jalar @ejalar
114 Followers 1K Following Focused to change the family story. Not yet their though sooner than later, God's grace.
NUP Middle East @NUP_MiddleEast
996 Followers 358 Following People Power/National Unity Platform handle for Middle East.
AFRICAN & BLACK HISTO.. @AfricanArchives
992K Followers 5 Following learn your history!✊🏿 || IG; https://t.co/AC9LLjusJd || Support us on https://t.co/HHs3SgCItN
Njoki wa Ngugi @NjokiwaNgugi
649 Followers 98 Following
Yusuf Hassan @MPyusufhassan
63K Followers 992 Following MP Kamukunji. @NAssemblyKE. I Ex-UN I Ex-BBC. I FB: https://t.co/k3Sk72Ekbw. Working HARD for the people of Kamukunji.
PAWA254 @Pawa254
40K Followers 3K Following We believe, desire & fight daily towards a better Kenya. Our weapons are Art, Media & ICT. #Youth as #ActiveCitizens. #CreativeAdvocacy
Com demà hi haurà la cerimònia del Premi Internacional Catalunya per al @NgugiWaThiongo_ m'he permès retallar aquest vídeo d'una entrevista a un mitjà kenyà, per a mostrar com es pronuncia Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, que per als catalanoparlants no ha de ser difícil.
I got The Community Protector. Take the Bolt Protect Quiz to gauge your protector level. smarterwithbolt.com #SmarterSaferChoicesKE @Boltapp_ke
Congratulations to @NgugiWaThiongo_ for receiving the 2019 Erich-Marie Remarque peace prize for your contribution to preserving the mother tongue as an identity feature. We looked forward to seeing you in Osnabrück but understand you were ill. We wish you a quick recovery
@NgugiWaThiongo_ describes in #WrestlingWithTheDevil the #imperial colonial class in #Kenya & the imperial #neocolonial inheritors of the state in #Africa Why not get your copy via #Amazon
@HeraldZimbabwe @edmnangagwa @MoFA_ZW @TheDesmondTutu @ChimamandaReal @TMFoundation_ @NewAfricanMag @NgugiWaThiongo_ @MbekiAfrican Did you know? Sangulani Chikumbutso made electric cars and ended moving his base from Zim to Carlifonia
@Jameson_EA Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. #JamesonConnectsKenya
African Legend! A Prolific Writer. I will never forget #TheDevilOnTheCross. A book that exposed not only Kenyan capitalism but the World capitalist system.
To kick off #KeExcellence today we celebrate an undaunted literary hero, the great @NgugiWaThiongo_, who won the 2001 International Nonino Prize Read Ngugi's journey to this award on: bit.ly/NgugiWaThiongo
This is an amazing, goosebumps-inducing interview. Latest magazine also features exclusive short story from @Beathhigh and reflections from @NgugiWaThiongo_ on the theme. #BannedBooksWeek
“Censorship of the word does not end on paper, but on the skin of human beings” - Nobel prize-winning writer Herta Müller in a rare interview. Feature part of #BannedBooksWeek and free to read right now journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
@NgugiWaThiongo_ on John Newton, English slaver and composer of ‘Amazing Grace’ and other hymns....
Gràcies @LauraHuergaRV @NgugiWaThiongo_ @FestivalMOT per portar-nos la veu d’aquest home savi
"The colonialists gave us the resource of their accents.We game them access to our resources"-@NgugiWaThiongo_ 9/6/15
Enslavement: learning various languages but not your own. Empowerment: learning various languages INCLUDING your own! - @NgugiWaThiongo_
Uhuru hosts Ngugi wa Thiong'o at State House, 38 years after being jailed by Jomo's regime ow.ly/O1eXM
My most memorable moment on TV will hence be @NgugiWaThiongo_ 's star parade of his literary family and it's strong pitch for our languages.
@NgugiWaThiongo_ am humbled to watch the author of my set book 'The River Between'
@LarryMadowo @NgugiWaThiongo_ I loved your lecturer on Kenyatta university
My hair also looks like that of the Ngugis. ...can I also be assimilated into their family? @LarryMadowo #theTrend
Trends for United States
You might like
