
The Nobel Prize-nominated 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...

The Nobel Prize-nominated 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...

An extraordinary story about the effects of the Mau Mau war on the lives of ordinary men and women in Kenya.


This is a simple and powerful tale of the effects of the Mau Mau war on individuals and families in Kenya.


NGUGI WA THIONG'O is a pioneering writer in the African literary scene. This novel (first published in 1964), made the world realise that writers in Africa were making a fresh and original contribution to world literature. A renowned literary critic world-wide, Ngugi has raised...





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