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Kenyan Author Wins South Korean Book Award

Ngugi wa Thiong'o has won the 6th edition of a South Korean literature prize, the Pak Kyong-ni Literature Award. This makes Ngugi the first African to win the Asian country's first international book prize.

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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o.

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