Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

Kenyan writer's death announced by his daughter, who wrote: He lived a full life, fought a good fight'

The Kenyan writer Ngg wa Thiong'o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, this Wednesday morning," wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngg on Facebook. He lived a full life, fought a good fight."