ngugi wa thiong'o

A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls ‘one of the greatest writers of our time’Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s n

Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.

In the fictional East African Kwatee Republic of the 1990s, the dictatorship is about to fall, and the nation’s exiles are preparing to return. One of

Der kenianische Schriftsteller Ngugi wa Thiongo zählt zu den wichtigsten Erzählern Afrikas. Sein Roman ¿Herr der Krähen¿ ist der Afrikaroman des 21. J

Science has given us several explanations for how humans evolved from walking on four limbs to two feet. None, however, is as riveting as what master

In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong’o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colon

A novel that portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. It features a retic

Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.

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 p

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`Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSe

While Ngugi enjoys scouting trips, chess tournaments and reading about Biggles at the prestigious Alliance School near Nairobi, things are changing at

With clear, conversational prose, this is the first book dedicated entirely to Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s writings on translation. Through his many criticall

Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era