Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O

Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir

by Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O

Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war between the Mau Mau and the British. The son of a man whose four wives bore...

In the House of the Interpreter: A Memoir

by Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O

With black-and-white illustrations throughout

World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng˜ug˜ý wa Thiong’o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically...

Wizard of the Crow

by Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O

In exile now for more than twenty years, Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o has become one of the most widely read African writers. Commencing in “our times” and set in the...