Micere Githae Mugo

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Micere Githae Mugo


Born
Baricho, Kirinyaga District, Kenya

Micere Githae Mugo (born Madeleine Mugo in 1942) is a playwright, author, activist, instructor and poet from Kenya. She is a literary critic and professor of literature in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. She was forced into exile in 1982 from Kenya during the Daniel Arap Moi dictatorship for activism and moved to teach in Zimbabwe, and later the United States. Mwalimu Mugo teaches Orature, Literature, and Creative Writing. Mugo's publications include six books, a play co-authored with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and three monographs. She has also edited journals and the Zimbabwean school curriculum. The East African Standard listed her among the 100 most influential people in Kenya in 2002 – "The Top 100: They Influ ...more

Average rating: 3.77 · 398 ratings · 21 reviews · 14 distinct works
Trial of Dedan Kimathi

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My Mother's Poem and Other ...

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Daughter of My People, Sing!

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Muthoni Wa Kirima, Mau Mau ...

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The Long Illness of Ex-Chie...

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Writing & Speaking from the...

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African Orature and Human R...

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The imperative of Utu / Ubu...

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Visions of Africa: Fiction ...

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Culture and imperialism (In...

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“Writing can be a lifeline, expecially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your life and process of growth have been subjected to attempts at strangulation.”
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