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1	The River Between more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O Christian missionaries attempt to outlaw the female circumcision ritual and in the process create a terrible rift between the two Kikuyu communities on either side of the river. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.99! \| SVS
2	Grain of Wheat more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O In this ambitious and densely worked novel, we begin to see early signs of Ngugi's increasing bitterness about the ways in which the politicians are the true benefactors of the rewards of independence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.55! \| first editions
3	Weep Not, Child Weep Not, Child more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O This is a simple and powerful tale of the effects of the Mau Mau war on individuals and families in Kenya. see all copies from $7.15! new only from $8.43! \| SVS
4	Matigari more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Wangui Wa Goro (Translator) Who is Matigari? Is he young or old; a man or fate; dead or living...or even a resurrection of Jesus Christ? These are the questions asked by the people of this unnamed country, when a man who has survived the war for independence emerges from the mountains and starts making strange claims and demands. Matigari is in search of his family to ... see all copies from $5.38! new only from $22.28! \| first editions
5	Wizard of the Crow more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o An exiled Kenyan writer has set his bleakly comic novel in a mythical "Free Republic of Aburiria," which is ruled by His High Mighty Excellency and controlled by the Global Bank. As the country's elite struggles for power and control, the average citizen must struggle simply to survive. see all copies from $7.42! new only from $17.87! \| first editions
6	Petals of Blood more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi W Thiong'o see all copies from $3.00! new only from $69.83!
7	Petals of Blood more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, "Petals of Blood" is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $8.28! \| SVS
8	Devil on the Cross Devil on the Cross more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O This remarkable and symbolic novel centers on Wariinga's tragedy and uses it to tell a story of contemporary Kenya. see all copies from $2.86! new only from $14.09! \| SVS
9	Weep Not Child by Ngugi W Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o see all copies from $4.95! new only from $9.15!
10	Detained more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngguggi With great accomplishment Ngugi describes the purposeful degradation and humiliation he experienced in prison. He builds up vivid portraits of his fellow political prisoners. An artfully integrated series of reflections enable him to reflect on his writing, the nature of imprisonment, and the way forward for the people of Kenya. There are moments ... see all copies from $31.18! new only from $86.78!
11	Fault Lines more books like this by Meena Alexander, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Preface by) Passionate, fierce, and lyrical, Meena Alexander's memoir traces her evolution as a postcolonial writer from a privileged childhood in India to a turbulent adolescence in the Sudan and then to England and New York City. In this tenth-anniversary edition of "Fault Lines," this Alexander challenges the assumptions of life as a South Asian American ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $7.46! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Homecoming: Essays on African and Caribbean Literature, Culture and Politics, more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Ngdugdi see all copies from $23.00!
13 view cover	The Black Hermit more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O A play. Should Remi, the first of his tribe to go to university, return to his people? Or should he continue to be a black hermit in town? see all copies from $9.80! new only from $9.80!
14 view cover	To Stir the Heart: Four African Stories more books like this by Bessie Head, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o From origin myths to tales of modern prostitutes in search of dignity-even for only a moment-these powerful stories by two renowned African authors explore the uneasy coexistence between women and men, tradition and modernity. They show strong women demanding their right to marry or not, earn a living, and most importantly, be respected. South ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $6.99! \| SVS
15	Moving the Centre Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms the Struggle for Cultural Freedoms more books like this by Ngugi W Thiong'o, Ngguggi, Wa Thiong'o Ngugi In this collection of essays and lectures Ngugi is concerned with "moving the center" in two sensesbetween nation and within nationsin order to free world cultures from the restrictive walls of nationalism, class, race, and gender. see all copies from $2.12! new only from $17.41! \| SVS
16 view cover	Writers in Politics: A Re-Engagement with Issues of Literature and Society more books like this by Ngugi W Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Ngguggi Wa Thiong'o A collection of essays by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. see all copies from $29.90! new only from $29.94!
17	Decolonising the Mind more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o '... many of the ideas are familiar from Ngugi's earlier critical books, and earlier lectures, elsewhere. But the material here has a new context and the ideas a new focus. This leading African writer presents the arguments for using African language and forms after successfully using an African language himself.' - Anne Walmsley in 'The Guardian' ... see all copies from $14.30! new only from $29.94!
18 view cover	Devil on the Cross more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O This remarkable and symbolic novel centers on Wariinga's tragedy and uses it to tell a story of contemporary Kenya. see all copies from $11.44!
19	Ethics on the Frontiers of Human Existence more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Paul Badham (Editor) see all copies from $2.20! new only from $7.37! \| first editions
20 view cover	Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Speaks: Interviews with the Kenyan Writer more books like this by Ngguggi Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa Thiongo see all copies from $50.94! new only from $50.94!
21	Matigari more books like this by Wangui Wa Goro (Translator), Ngugi Wa Thiong'O see all copies from $26.33!
22 view cover	Weep Not, Child more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O This is a simple and powerful tale of the effects of the Mau Mau war on individuals and families in Kenya. see all copies from $21.26!
23	Barrel of a Pen: Resistance to Repression in Neo-Colonial Kenya more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Victoria Brittain (Designed by) see all copies from $99.00!
24	Homecoming by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O see all copies from $238.42!
25	Weep Not, Child by Wa Thiong'O Ngugi see all copies from $58.55!

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