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Lake Forest, Ill.-—Ngugi wa Thiong’o, world famous Kenyan playwright, essayist, and novelist, will present the annual Ruth Winter Community Lecture at Lake Forest College on Thursday, March 20 at 8 p.m. in Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel on the College’s Middle Campus. The lecture titled “Language and Post-colonial Identities” is free and open to the public. For more information please contact 847-735-6010. One of Africa’s most accomplished and prominent writers, Thiong’o, has had a powerful impact both in Africa and around the world. He has published five novels, as well as numerous essays, plays and short stories. His play Ngaanhika Ndeena (I Will Marry When I Want, 1977), written for performance by peasants and workers in Kenya, caused such a political stir he was arrested and detained for a year. During his time in the Kamati Maximum Security Prison in Kenya, he wrote the novel Caitaani Muthara-Ini (Devil’s Cross, 1982) on toilet paper that he smuggled into his cell. Thiong’o was forced into exile after its publication to avoid further detention. Currently, a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California-Irvine, Thiong’o also serves as director of the UC Irvine Center for Writing and Translation. He writes and lectures on contemporary African politics and social criticisms. His other novels include, Weep Not, Child (1964), The River Between (1965), A Grain of Wheat (1967), and Pearls of Blood (1978). The Ruth Winter Community Lecture is made possible through the generosity of the late Ruth Winter, who worked at the College from 1953 to 1973 as the director of cultural affairs. She brought many internationally famous lecturers to the College on behalf of the community at large during her twenty years of service. Lake Forest College is a private, liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The college has 1,300 students representing 45 states and 43 other countries.
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