A Grain of Wheat

Name: A Grain of Wheat
Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o

by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Interconnected stories exploring independence, betrayal, and transformation in colonial Kenya

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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.

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Weep Not, ChildKenyan boy struggles to survive colonial upheaval and the Mau Mau Uprising
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