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8,697 NW 
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Kenyan Playwright b. 1938
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Kenyan Playwright b. 1938 64,069 BW 
Binyavanga Wainaina Kenyan Author 1971–2019
Binyavanga Wainaina Kenyan Author 1971–2019 100,658 MM Meja Mwangi Kenyan Writer b. 1948
105,759 GO Grace Ogot Kenyan Author 1930–2015
185,968 HO Henry Odera Oruka Kenyan Philosopher 1944–1995
285,027 CN Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha Kenyan Writer b. 1952
319,597 MG Micere Githae Mugo Kenyan Novelist b. 1942
378,532 MK Mwana Kupona Kenyan Writer 1810–1860
504,845 RA Ruhila Adatia-Sood Kenyan Journalist 1975–2013
996,472 ES Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo Kenyan Historian 1945–2009
1,355,023 HS Habib Salih Kenyan Scholar 1853–1936
1,444,006 LM 
Larry Madowo Kenyan Journalist b. 1987
Larry Madowo Kenyan Journalist b. 1987
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