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Djinn
#1 Posted : Tuesday, October 05, 2010 4:08:56 PM
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http://www.guardian.co.u...n-nobel-prize-literature
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Magigi
#2 Posted : Tuesday, October 05, 2010 4:25:51 PM
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...I used to have alot of respect for this guy until he showed his tribal instincts during the 2007 elections. He can never win the prize...
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The Merchant
#3 Posted : Tuesday, October 05, 2010 6:38:19 PM
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d'oh!
Magigi wrote:
...I used to have alot of respect for this guy until he showed his tribal instincts during the 2007 elections. He can never win the prize...

d'oh! EXPLAINd'oh!
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muganda
#4 Posted : Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:26:52 PM
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Read the article, but never read his books.
If he wins though, I'd be proud; proud of what is says or means about a Kenyan.
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Mpenzi
#5 Posted : Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:26:44 PM
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Magigi wrote:
...I used to have alot of respect for this guy until he showed his tribal instincts during the 2007 elections. He can never win the prize...



In your book it's a crime to express support for a certain politician? How perverse!
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MaichBlack
#6 Posted : Wednesday, October 06, 2010 5:50:45 PM
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o deserves the Nobel Prize. I hope he wins! As a Kenyan, I am very proud when my fellow Kenyan succeeds in something - especially on the global stage.

It's the likes of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wangari Mathai, Rudisha, Wanziru (sic), Vivian Cheruiyot, the Rugby team, Mzee Maruge etc. that are making the work of marketing Kenya very easy for the Kenya Tourist Board.
Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
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rasilio
#7 Posted : Wednesday, October 06, 2010 6:00:49 PM
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Couldn't have come to a greater writer.
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safariant
#8 Posted : Wednesday, October 06, 2010 7:02:56 PM
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Magigi anything Kikuyu you don't like.
The greatest act of bravery is chancing a fart while suffering from diarrhoea
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Elder
#9 Posted : Wednesday, October 06, 2010 8:28:19 PM
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One great thing I like about Ngugi is his insistence on using his mother tongue for his books. Unlike the crap you get in some households where some people think that not teaching their kids their mother tongue is an achievement. Having said that I have only bothered to read one of his book. The River Between. A great great book.
He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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Elder
#10 Posted : Wednesday, October 06, 2010 8:33:22 PM
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safariant wrote:
Magigi anything Kikuyu you don't like.


Magigi is entitled to his own opinion on the man.
He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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