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Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01BBC, (2004). 'Key Dates', Focus on Africa, October to December, v. 15 no. 4, p. 8
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 31). Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089573
South African History Online (2012) 'Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.', South African History Online, 31 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089573 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
South African History Online, Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089573, (accessed 25 October 2026).
"Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.." South African History Online, 31 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089573. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his wife are attacked by armed men in the capital Nairobi.." South African History Online. July 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089573.
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