Ngugi wa Thiong'o

A Grain of Wheat

by Ngugi wa Thiong'o & Abdulrazak Gurnah

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...

Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing

by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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....

Weep Not, Child

by Ngugi wa Thiong'o & Ben Okri

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...