Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ | |
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Mũkoma in 2019 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) Evanston, Illinois, US |
| Nationality | Kenyan and American |
| Alma mater | Albright College (BA) Boston University (MA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Parents | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (father) |
| Relatives | Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ (sister) |
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (born 1971) is a Kenyan American poet, author, and academic. He is associate professor of literatures in English at Cornell University and co-founder of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Writing. His father is the author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. His family was deeply impacted by the British suppression of the Mau Mau revolution.