Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong\'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country.
A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man--and the story of a nation..
Ngũgĩ richly and poignantly evokes the experiences that would transform him into a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all.
But Ngũgĩ could not escape history, and eventually found himself jailed after a run in with the forces of colonialism.
While he enjoyed scouting trips and chess tournaments, his family home was razed to the ground and his brother, a member of the insurgency, was captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp.
Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong\'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country
