WRITER AS ACTIVIST: SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NGUGI WA THIONG'ONg? g? wa Thiong'o writes about a world that South Asian readers recognize as analogous to their own, and he expresses ideas with which they can readily identify. His treatment of the struggle against colonialism and neo colonialism, his firm adherence to a radical ideology, his views on religion, his broad humanistic vision, and his decision to write in his mother tongue won him avid followings among students and teachers in India, Pakistan,