Albert Wendt & Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Reading and Conversation--Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Reads from His Literary Work
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o reads selections from his memoir "Dreams in the Times of War."
Albert Wendt and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o read selections from their literary work and engage in a conversation on the overarching themes of the Words in the World symposium.
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