It explores the complex of ways in which Ngugi wa Thiong'o wrestles with issues of nationalism and ethnicity through his politically subversive and creatively intense literary texts.

In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, the critically acclaimed author Ngugi wa Thiong'o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in postcolonial…

A New York Times Editors’ Choice A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries … [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit. –Ariel Dorfman…

Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in 1975, Secret Lives and Other Stories…

While Ngugi enjoys scouting trips, chess tournaments and reading about Biggles at the prestigious Alliance School near Nairobi, things are changing at home. He arrives back for his first visit…

As a young student, internationally renowned author Ngugi wa Thiong'o found his voice as a playwright, journalist and novelist, writing his first, pivotal works just as the countries of East…

Addressing a neglected dimension in postcolonial scholarship, the author examines the figure of the postcolonial intellectual as repeatedly evoked by the fabled troika of Said, Spivak, and Bhabha and by…

A study of gender politics in Ngugi wa Thiong'o’s fiction. It describes the historical pressures that lead Ngugi to represent women as he does, and shows that the novels themselves…