I andet bind af sin erindringstrilogi skildrer den afrikanske forfatter Ngugi wa Thiong’o sit ophold 1955-59 på Alliance High School, som var det første gymnasium for sorte... Læs mere
Kenya er blevet uafhængigt efter i årtier at have været underlagt britisk styre, men for mange bliver drømmen om en gylden fremtid som fri nation ikke så sød, som de havde håbet. I den... Læs mere
A novel that portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. It features a reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret.
Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape,... Læs mere
Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978.