Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng g 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.
His many books include Wizard of the Crow, Dreams in a Time of War, Devil on the Cross, Decolonising the Mind, and Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977..
He is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
About the Author: Ng g wa\'Thiong\'o has taught at Nairobi University, Northwestern University, Amherst College, Yale University, and New York University.
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.
Ng g 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 Ng g 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 Ng g 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
