内容摘要：She added that the extra money would have made a "vast difference" to their lives.

She added that the extra money would have made a "vast difference" to their lives.

The writer's daughter, Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ, said in a Facebook post: "It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, this Wednesday morning, 28th May 2025."He lived a full life, fought a good fight. As was his last wish, let's celebrate his life and his work."

Ngũgĩ will be remembered not only as a Nobel-worthy writer, but also as a fierce proponent of literature written in native African languages.He was born James Thiong’o Ngũgĩ in 1938, when Kenya was under British colonial rule. He grew up in the town of Limuru among a large family of low-income agricultural workers.His parents scrimped and saved to pay for his tuition at Alliance, a boarding school run by British missionaries.

, Ngũgĩ recalled returning home from Alliance at the end of term to find his entire village had been razed by the colonial authorities.His family members were among the hundreds and thousands forced to live in detention camps during a crackdown on the Mau Mau, a movement of independence fighters.

, which lasted from 1952 to 1960, touched Ngũgĩ's life in numerous, devastating ways.

In one of the most crushing, Ngũgĩ's brother, Gitogo, was fatally shot in the back for refusing to comply with a British soldier's command.In one location, just off Tyne and Tees, temperatures are 5C higher than average, according to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science.

Dr Zoe Jacobs, who is based at the National Oceanography Centre, first noticed the unusual marine temperatures a few weeks ago. She found that pockets of the UK had been coming in and out of a mild heatwave since late 2024. That heat intensified and spread in March and has now surged.A marine heatwave is defined as sea temperatures that exceed the seasonal threshold for more than five consecutive days. In the UK the marine heatwave threshold for May is 11.3C.

On 19 May the average sea surface temperature reached 12.69C."It started in the North Sea and the Celtic Sea. Now the North Sea has cooled down a bit but the west of Ireland is extremely hot," says Dr Berthou.