The impact of Ngugi wa Thiong’o extends far beyond the literary realm. His advocacy for African languages has spurred ...

Early Bronze Age seals from Therasia, Greece may rewrite Aegean history, pointing to the Cyclades as the birthplace of ancient writing.

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, considered one of east Africa’s ...

His decision in the 1970s to abandon English in favour of his native Kikuyu, as well as Kenya's national language Swahili ... It was then that he decided to write his first novel in Kikuyu ...

Despite this, Patience refuses to be silent. She has brought her message to the international stage, participating in climate conferences such as COP26 and COP27, where she delivered powerful speeches ...

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

Across the disciplines, be it through research papers, reflective essays, written exam questions, or other written artifacts, the act of student writing plays an important role in developing thinking ...