No, Ngugi Wa Thiongo is not dead - iVerify Kenya

No, Ngugi Wa Thiongo is not dead

Misleading

The information circulating on social media claiming that Ngugi Wa Thiongo has passed on is false.

Mukoma Wa Ngugi Wanjiku Wa Ngugi and Nducu Wa Ngugi took to social media to dismiss rumours that their father, the Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o is dead.

Wanjiku dismissed the rumours saying, “It is just another rumor! All is well!” Mukoma Wa Ngugi said “Not again with the death rumors! Baba Ngugi WaThiongo is here talking to him as I write this”

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Verified Aug, 16 2022

Claim

Award-winning Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o dies at 84.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and
established that it is False.To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the
following process. We found a video of Ngugi’s children who took to social media to dismiss rumors’ that their father, the legendary Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o is dead.

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