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Mukoma wa Ngugi
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Mukoma: I was frozen from Ngugi wa Thiong’o family after domestic violence bombshell

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Prof Mukoma wa Ngugi, son of literary giant Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

Mukoma wa Ngugi, the fourth child of literary giant Ngugi wa Thiong’o and his first wife Nyambura, is a man who shoots straight.

When he shocked the world by alleging that his father used to assault his mother Nyambura, who died in 1996, the consequences were dire for him.