Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Son Discloses Family Secrets

Ngugi wa Thiong’o 86, has faced substantial disputes in his married life, which have often been overshadowed by his literary legacy. In an evocative expose that sheds light on the complex individual life of one of Kenya’s literary icons, Professor Mukoma wa Ngugi, son of the respected author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, brings to the fore traumatic accounts of domestic abuse within their family.

In a social media post, Mukoma wa Ngugi opened up about the stormy relationship between his father and his late mother, Nyambura, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s first wife, offering a erratic sight into the private brawls behind the public persona of the internationally much-admired writer.

According to Mukoma, Ngugi was physically violent to his late mother something that is barely spoken about his father.