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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the revered Kenyan man of letters and voice of dissent who in dozens of fiction and ...
The oldest tree in Massachusetts is almost 400 years old. Here's how to see it
According to the Massachusetts Legacy Tree Program, the Endicott Pear Tree – a European pear tree named Pyrus communis – was planted between 1632 and 1649 by the first governor of the Massachusetts ...