Un voisin et ami de l’auteur kenyan Ng\u0169g\u0129 wa Thiong’o a rendu hommage au g\u00e9ant litt\u00e9raire jeudi apr\u00e8s sa disparition.<\/p>\n
Ng\u0169g\u0129, homme de lettres kenyan v\u00e9n\u00e9r\u00e9 et voix de la dissidence qui, dans des dizaines d’ouvrages de fiction et de non-fiction, a retrac\u00e9 l’histoire de son pays, de l’imp\u00e9rialisme britannique \u00e0 la tyrannie autog\u00e9r\u00e9e, est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 mercredi \u00e0 l’\u00e2ge de 87 ans \u00e0 Bedford, en G\u00e9orgie. Que ce soit \u00e0 travers des romans comme \u00ab\u00a0Le Magicien du Corbeau\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0P\u00e9tales de sang\u00a0\u00bb, des m\u00e9moires comme \u00ab\u00a0Naissance d’un tisseur de r\u00eaves\u00a0\u00bb ou la critique phare \u00ab\u00a0D\u00e9coloniser l’esprit\u00a0\u00bb, Ng\u0169g\u0129 incarnait l’apog\u00e9e de la vocation artistique\u00a0: celui de r\u00e9v\u00e9lateur de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 et d’explorateur du mythe, celui qui brise les r\u00e8gles et celui qui d\u00e9fend la culture.<\/p>\n
Candidat inv\u00e9t\u00e9r\u00e9 au prix Nobel de litt\u00e9rature, il fut un artiste de longue date en exil. Emprisonn\u00e9 pendant un an dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, il fut harcel\u00e9 pendant des d\u00e9cennies. Simon Kihura, l’un de ses voisins, fit l’\u00e9loge de Ng\u0169g\u0129, le qualifiant d’\u00ab homme tr\u00e8s gentil \u00bb qui aimait le Kenya.<\/p>\n
\u00ab Nous sommes profond\u00e9ment attrist\u00e9s\u2026 C’\u00e9tait un homme qui aimait ses compatriotes kenyans et ce pays. Que Dieu accorde la paix \u00e0 son \u00e2me \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Kihura.<\/p>\n
Une vie et une \u0153uvre en exil
\nNg\u0169g\u0129 v\u00e9cut en exil pendant des d\u00e9cennies et \u00e9chappa \u00e0 deux tentatives d’assassinat apr\u00e8s avoir critiqu\u00e9 l’administration du pr\u00e9sident Daniel Moi dans les ann\u00e9es 1970 et 1980. Depuis les ann\u00e9es 1970, Ng\u0169g\u0129 v\u00e9cut principalement en exil \u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger, \u00e9migrant en Angleterre avant de s’installer en Californie, o\u00f9 il fut professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite d’anglais et de litt\u00e9rature compar\u00e9e \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 de Californie \u00e0 Irvine.<\/p>\n
Derek Warker, attach\u00e9 de presse de l’\u00e9diteur am\u00e9ricain de Ng\u0169g\u0129, The New Press, a confirm\u00e9 le d\u00e9c\u00e8s \u00e0 l’Associated Press. Aucun autre d\u00e9tail n’\u00e9tait disponible dans l’imm\u00e9diat, bien que Ng\u0169g\u0129 ait \u00e9t\u00e9 soumis \u00e0 des traitements de dialyse r\u00e9nale.<\/p>\n
\u00c0 son domicile de Limuru, ville du centre du Kenya, des ouvriers ont \u00e9t\u00e9 aper\u00e7us en train de tailler des cl\u00f4tures et de d\u00e9broussailler en pr\u00e9vision de l’arriv\u00e9e imminente des personnes en deuil et des visiteurs.<\/p>\n
Le pr\u00e9sident kenyan William Ruto a rendu hommage jeudi \u00e0 celui qu’il a qualifi\u00e9 de \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9ant imposant des lettres kenyanes\u00a0\u00bb, affirmant que le courage de Ng\u0169g\u0129 avait fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 les r\u00e9flexions sur la justice sociale et les abus de pouvoir politique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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