Нгуги Ва Тхионго

Нгуги, писатель кенийской литературы на английском языке. Еще совсем недавно Восточная Африка казалась "литературной пустыней". Но в последние десятилетия начался бурный рост восточноафриканских литератур, появились писатели, творчество которых привлекает сегодня внимание читателей во всем мире. Настоящий сборник предлагает познакомиться с романом кенийского писателя, пишущего на английском язы...

Christian missionaries attempt to outlaw the female circumcision ritual and in the process create a terrible rift between the two Kikuyu communities on either side of the river.

This is a powerful, moving 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. Njoroge is excited; his family has decided that he will attend school, while Kamau wi...

Ngugi?s reflection on a key chapter in Kenya?s past - the period just before independence - explores the question of nationalism and the challenges an independent Kenya will face.