Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Kenyan novelist and intellectual who writes in both English and Gikuyu and is one of Africa's most important literary voices. Weep Not, Child was the first novel in English by an East African writer. He has been a perennial Nobel Prize contender.
Works
- Weep Not, ChildKenyan boy struggles to survive colonial upheaval and the Mau Mau Uprising
- A Grain of WheatInterconnected stories exploring independence, betrayal, and transformation in colonial Kenya
- Petals of BloodFour pilgrims journey across post-independence Kenya amid class struggle and exploitation
- Devil on the CrossPlaywright stages subversive folk performance critiquing capitalism in post-colonial Kenya
- Wizard of the CrowMagical realist epic of a despotic African ruler's rise and grotesque downfall
- Weep Not ChildKenyan boy struggles to survive colonial upheaval and the Mau Mau Uprising
- The River BetweenYoung lovers separated by tribal conflict during pre-colonial Kikuyu awakening