Ngugi wa Thiong'o – Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a novelist and theorist of post-colonial literature.

WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL

An unforgettable chronicle of the year Ngũgĩ was thrown in prison without charge. In an effort to fight back the humiliation and the intended degradation of the spirit, Ngũgĩ decides to write a novel on toilet paper, a book that will become his classic, Devil on the Cross. Read more

BIRTH OF A DREAM WEAVER

Ngũgĩ recounts the four years he spent in Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda – threshold years where he found his voice as a playwright, journalist, and novelist.

IN THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER

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.

DREAMS IN A TIME OF WAR

In this wonderful memoir, Ngũgĩ deftly etches a bygone era, bearing witness to the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war.

WIZARD OF THE CROW

A landmark of postcolonial African literature, this is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic.