
Birth of a Dream Weaver book by Ng?g? wa Thiong'o
By Ngugi wa Thiong'oBirth of a Dream Weaver book by Ng?g? wa Thiong'o
From one of the world's greatest writers, the story of how the author found his voice as a novelist at Makerere University in Uganda as a student In this acclaimed memoir, Kenyan writer Ng?g? wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda--crucial years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born--under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War. Haunted by the memories of the carnage and mass incarceration carried out by the British colonial-settler state in his native Kenya but inspired by the titanic struggle against it, Ng?g?, then known as James Ngugi, begins to weave stories from the fibers of memory, history, and a shockingly vibrant and turbulent present. What unfolds in this moving and thought-provoking memoir is simultaneously the birth of one of the most important living writers--lauded for his "epic imagination" (Los Angeles Times)--the death of one of the most violent episodes in global history, and the emergence of new histories and nations with uncertain futures.
Book details
- Paperback
- 256 pages
- English
- 1620976307
- 9781620976302
About Ngugi wa Thiong'o
kenyan teacher, novelist, essayist, and playwright, whose works function as an important link between the pioneers of african writing and the younger gener Read More about Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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