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Kenya’s Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is recognized for passionately writing in his mother tongue
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The longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize is the first in the award’s 16-year history to feature a translation by a book’s own author. The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi was translated by 83-year-old author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o into English from Gikuyu, a language spoken by just over 6 million Kenyans.He is also the first nominee for a work originally written in an indigenous African language, according to the Guardian. Read the rest of this story on qz.com. Become a member to get unlimited access to Quartz’s journalism.

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