Ngugi wa Thiong’o one of Makerere University’s most esteemed alumnus was a versatile writer, theorist and activist who over the years strongly popularized the language question debate in African Literatures. He attended Makerere University College of East Africa from 1959 to 1964. It was at Makerere that Ngugi the writer was born, and he has
made this very clear in his Makerere memoir titled Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer’s Awakening. The English Department, which was his home department as an undergraduate, was very proud of him and one of the reports about him written on 3rd September 1963 stated: “He will certainly do the College honour in the future”, a prediction that has proved so true over the years.

This is to invite you to an event in memoriam of the Celebrated African Intellectual and Creative Writer as well as Makerere’s Distinguished Alumnus: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in the Main Hall, Makerere University on the 22 nd of October 2025 starting at 2pm.