While at Northwestern University, Ngugi writes to [Walter Goldwater], Manager, University Book Shop, New York, N.Y., 21 September 1970, requesting a book he ordered to use in teaching, and a copy of the latest catalog.
In Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. (#1978-0046R/VF Lit)
Source of Acquisition:
Purchase Walter Goldwater 1978.
Administrative History:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, born James Ngugi, is a Kenyan novelist, essayist, and playwright. Ngugi accepted a year's visiting professorship in African literature at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois--where he began writing Petals of Blood (1977)--before returning to Nairobi in August 1971 to take a lectureship in University College's Department of Literature. He most recently taught at New York University. His commitment to Kenya, combined with a technical mastery of fictional forms and a total command of both English and Gikuyu, make Ngugi wa Thiong'o preeminent among African writers.
