02:01 Kenya Kenyan literary giant Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o mourned as a cultural icon Ngũgĩ was often considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature and was recognized globally, including being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize ...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Henri Lopes, Congolese writer and politician, dies in France "Henri died on Thursday, November 2 at the Foch hospital in Suresnes (near Paris), carried away by illness," the statement said.
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