An Evening with Ngugi wa Thiong'o

World-renowned as a novelist, playwright, and critic whose oeuvre forms a bridge between earlier African writing and a younger generation of post-colonial writers, Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o has authored a number of acclaimed works of fiction. Calit2 is co-sponsoring this Literature Department public lecture by the renowned African author and civil rights scholar as part of UCSD's annual Graduate Student Enrichment Program.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a novelist and theorist of post-colonial literature and Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine. http://www.ngugiwathiongo.com/

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[dlotto]

This has to rank among one of the worst introductions ever. The speaker doing the introduction should be ashamed of himself. He believes that the audience has come to hear him. Not only does he grab this opportunity to showcase himself, he does it as if he had never had a high school level public speaking class.

[talentedlosers]

Ngugi wa Thiong'o starts at 22:08 - just skip ahead

[TriniKnight01]

@talentedlosers That's what I did. My Lord, that guy spent over 20 minutes on his "introduction"?

I had to concentrate really hard to get through Ngugi's accent but it was so worth it :)

[TriniKnight01]

@talentedlosers That's what I did. My Lord, that guy spent over 20 minutes on his "introduction"?

[proudSomalisis]

@dlotto I so agree!!

[proudSomalisis]

What is wrong with this guy? Intro is too long and really distorted. Shamefull.