JOHANNESBURG - Writer and activist Veli Mbele credits the late Professor Ngugi Wa Thiong'o with shaping Black Consciousness.
His book 'Decolonising The Mind, the Politics Of Language In African Literature' is a post-colonial classic.
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During his imprisonment, Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that helped put literature in African languages firmly on the map.
Ngugi died at the age of 87 on Wednesday, his daughter announced on Facebook.
Mbele paid homage to one of Africa's greatest literary figures during his discusson with enCA.