In one section, Ngũgĩ called out Chinua Achebe - the author who helped to launch his career - for writing in English. Their friendship soured as a result.
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Pharmacists have warned that "one of the worst" examples of medicine shortages is affecting cancer patients.Creon, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (Pert), helps digestion and is required by patients with pancreatic cancer, cystic fibrosis, and chronic pancreatitis. It is thought more than 61,000 patients in the UK need the medicine.Some patients are said to be "skipping meals" to ration their medication due to a shortage of it, according to the National Pharmacy Association (NPA).
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said there were "European-wide supply issues" and it was "working closely with industry and the NHS" to mitigate the impact on patients.Without the drug, patients lose weight and strength, which means their ability to cope with treatment such as chemotherapy is reduced.
Some experts have predicted shortages continuing until next year.
The Department of Health and Social Care has extended a serious shortage protocol for Creon which has already been in place for a year."She was just yapping. She said 'I'm going to America tomorrow. Going to buy stuff'. She loved shopping," her sister Donna says.
Donna describes Olive as "very bubbly, very full on. You just would not forget her if you knew her".Olive was one of nine siblings.
"I have always asked 'why her? why my sister?'" her brother Colyn says."And it's something that you sort of battle with. And I'm still battling with it, a little bit. Well, not a little bit, a lot."