Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatises with searing humour nad piercing observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. Fashioning the stories of the powerful adn the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Ngugi wa Thiog'o reveals humanity in a[...]
Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born the fifth child of his father's third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mothers. He spent his 1930s childhood as the apple of his mother's eye, before attending school to slake what is considered a bizarre thirst for learning. As h[...]
Originally published in 1967, Ngugi's third novel is his best known and most ambitious work. "A Grain of Wheat" portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As the action follows the village's arrangements for Uhuru (independen[...]
After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog, four suspects are placed in detention: Munira the headmaster; Abdullah the storekeeper; Karega the assistant teacher and 'barmaid' Wanja. The lives of these four characters are inextricably linked with the lives of the three murder victims, the fort[...]
The baffling murders of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery are set against the backdrop of the intertwined stories of the four suspects in the crime, in a novel, first published in 1977, about the struggles of a modern Third World nation. Reprint.[...]
The great Kenyan writer's powerful first novel
Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: In the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war[...]
The best-known novel by the great Kenyan writer
Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, "A Grain of Wheat" follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo[...]
With black-and-white illustrations throughout
World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng ug y wa Thiong'o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed "Dreams in a Time of War."
"In the House of the Interpreter" richly and po[...]
Christian missionaries attempt to outlaw the female circumcision ritual and in the process create a terrible rift between the two Kikuyu communities on either side of the river. The people are torn between those who believe in Western/Christian education and the opportunities it will offer, and thos[...]
This critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the devil.[...]
Be prepared when disaster strikes with this comprehensive guide to the basics of disaster preparation and response. From the phases of a disaster through all of the elements of an institutional plan to specific events, you'll have the information you need at your fingertips. This title contains: ess[...]
Ngugi wa Thiong'o har länge räknats som en av Afrikas stora författare. Hans barndomsskildring är en resa i Afrikas 1900-tal men samtidigt en varm och personlig betraktelse över att växa upp i kolonialismens och krigets skugga.
Den unge Ngugi wa Thiong'o vet inte vilket barn i ordni[...]
Tre afrikanska industripampar har mördats och fyra personer häktas som misstänkta: rektorn för den lokala skolan, Munira, barflickan Wanja, den tidigare gerillakämpen Abdulla samt fackföreningsmannen Karega. De fyra huvudpersonernas inbördes relationer bildar kärnan i Ngugi wa Thiong'os klas[...]
Tre afrikanska industripampar har mördatsoch fyra personer häktas som misstänkta: rektorn för den lokala skolan, Munira, barflickan Wanja, den tidigare gerilla-kämpen Abdulla samt fackföreningsmannen Karega. De fyra huvudpersonernas inbördes relationer bildar kärnan i Ngugiwa Thiong os klass[...]
Ngugi wa Thiong'o har länge räknats som en av Afrikas stora författare och är ständigt omnämnd i diskussionerna om vem som ska få Nobelpriset. Hans barndomsskildring är en resa i Afrikas 1900-tal men samtidigt en varm och personlig betraktelse över att växa upp i kolonialismens och kriget[...]
A 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize contender
A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned. "The River Between" ex[...]
During the early fifties, Kenya was a country in turmoil. This memoir charts the development of a significant voice in international literature, as well as standing as a record of the struggles of a nation to free itself.[...]
Es'kia Mphahlele's seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa--available for the first time in Penguin Classics Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es'kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. "Down Second Avenue" is a landmark bo[...]
A masterful writer working in many genres, Ngugi wa Thiong'o entered the East African literary scene in 1962 with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National Theatre in Uganda. In 1977 he was imprisoned after his most controversial work, Ngaahika Ndeenda ( I Will Mar[...]
Should Remi, the first of his tribe to go to university, return to his people? Or should he continue to be a black hermit in the town?[...]