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Weep Not, Child
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi Wa Thiong'oA story that details the effects of the infamous Mau Mau war, the African nationalist revolt against colonial oppression in Kenya, on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a rubbish heap and look into their futures. -
Dreams in a Time of War
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi Wa Thiong'oTelling the story of the author's grandparents and parents, and of his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, this title etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape of Kenya, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. -
Dreams in a Time of War
[Hardback]Author(s):Ngugi Wa Thiong'oPresenting a portrait of his experiences as a young boy in an African nation in flux, the author describes his day-to-day life as the fifth child of his father's third wife in a family that included twenty-four children born to four different mothers. -
Wizard of the Crow
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi Wa Thiong'oCommencing in 'our times' and set in the 'Free Republic of Aburiria', this novel dramatises with humour and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. It aims to sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of 2,000 years of world history. -
Community in Motion Theatre for Development in Africa
[Hardback]Author(s):Dale L. ByamForeword by:Ngugi wa Thiong oThis text presents a detailed account of the only community theatre network in Africa that is run by grassroots artists on a national and international scale. It explores the relationship between theatre and Freirian pedagogy, and traditional African cultural paradigms. -
A Grain of Wheat
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi wa Thiong'oIntroduction by:Abdulrazak GurnahA novel that portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. It features a reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. -
Petals of Blood
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi wa Thiong'oIntroduction by:Moses IsegawaAfter a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog, four suspects are placed in detention: Munira the headmaster; Abdullah the storekeeper; Karega the assistant teacher and 'barmaid' Wanja. The lives of these four characters are linked with the lives of the three murder victims, the fortunes of Ilmorog and with the fate of Kenya itself. -
Penpoints, Gunpoints and Dreams Towards a Critical Theory of the Arts and the State in Africa
[Hardback]Author(s):Ngugi wa Thiong'oThis study explores the relationship between art and political power in society, beginning with the experience of writers in contemporary Africa. It then raises the wider issues of the relationship between the state and the state of art. -
The River Between
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi wa Thiong'oExplores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and "magical" customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. -
Devil on the Cross
[Paperback]Author(s):Ngugi wa Thiong'oThis critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the devil.
