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1	Weep Not, Child more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi This is a simple and powerful tale of the effects of the Mau Mau war on individuals and families in Kenya. Two brothers must decide where their loyalties lie; Njoroge, the dreamer and accomplished student, finds it hard to give up schooling and is drawn relentlessly into turmoil. Good and evil are portrayed somewhat more starkly than in Ngugi's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.66! \| SVS
2	The River Between more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O ,.".that rarity, an almost wordless love story that avoids pseudo-nobility while remaining proudly and distinctively African." - The Guardian 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. The people are torn between ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.81! \| SVS
3	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 $4.40! new only from $4.75! \| first editions
4	Grain of Wheat more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O This is a compelling account of the turbulence that inflamed Kenya in the 1950s and its impact on people's lives. Five friends and agemates make different choices when the Mau Mau rebellion erupts in colonial Kenya. Kihika joins the freedom fighters in the forest; Gikonyo supports the rebels, but is arrested and detained; Mumbi, Gikonyo's wife, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| first editions
5	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 $5.63! new only from $21.92! \| first editions
6	Devil on the Cross more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O This remarkable and symbolic novel centers around Wariinga's tragedy and uses it to tell a story of contemporary Kenya faced with the "satan of capitalism." Ngugi has directed his writing even more firmly towards the commitment that he shows in Writers in Politics and Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary. The novel was written secretly in prison on ... see all copies from $10.25! new only from $12.15! \| SVS
7	Petals of Blood more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi W Thiong'o see all copies from $4.94! new only from $271.51!
8	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 $8.66! new only from $8.66! \| signed copies \| SVS
9	Fault Lines more books like this by Meena Alexander, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Preface by) From India to Sudan to England, and finally to the island of Manhattan, poet Meena Alexander traces her growth as a writer and a woman over borders, through decades, and across cultures. Memories of a privileged childhood in post-colonial India and Africa surface amid her present life in multicultural America. This courageous and candid memoir was ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.94! \| first editions \| SVS
10	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 one moment - these powerful stories by two of Africa's most renowned twentieth century authors explore African cultures at the intersection of tradition and modernity, colonialism and independence. Botswana's first lady of writing, Bessie Head, and East Africa's ... see all copies from $4.24! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
11	Weep Not Child by Ngugi W Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o see all copies from $3.00! new only from $5.72!
12 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 Ngugi has put together a new collection under an old title. One of the completely new pieces, "Freedom of Expression", was written for the campaign to try to save Ken Saro-Wiwa and seven other writers from execution in Nigeria. He has rewritten almost all of the other pieces which have been kept. Ngugi says "It seemed to me how ironic the title ... see all copies from $21.08! new only from $21.08!
13 view cover	The Black Hermit more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O 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 the town? see all copies from $8.95! first editions
14 view cover	Detained more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Ngguggi The international outcry over the detention of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o without trial by the Kenyan authorities even reached him in prison. In this book he describes the purposeful degradation and humiliation of prison life. see all copies from $15.00!
15	Homecoming: Essays on African and Caribbean Literature, Culture and Politics, more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Ngdugdi see all copies from $9.15!
16 view cover	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 $16.00! new only from $31.69!
17	Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms more books like this by Ngugi W Thiong'o, Ngguggi, Wa Thiong'o Ngugi Over the past four hundred years, world cultures have been dominated by a handful of Western nations. The West came to see itself as the center of the universe, and cultural power, as much as political and economic power, was controlled at the center. In this collection of essays and lectures Ngugi is concerned with "moving the center" in two ... see all copies from $7.86! new only from $21.54! \| SVS
18	Matigari more books like this by Wangui Wa Goro (Translator), Ngugi Wa Thiong'O see all copies from $12.50!
19	Ethics on the Frontiers of Human Existence more books like this by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O, Paul Badham (Editor) see all copies from $2.07! new only from $6.90! \| 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 $72.32! new only from $72.32!
21 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 $12.00!
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 $18.10!
23	Diablo En La Cruz, El by Ngugi Wa Thiong'O see all copies from $24.38! new only from $24.38!

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