Birth of a Dream Weaver

Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSelected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the GuardianWhen Ngugi wa Thiong'o arrives at the prestigious Makerere University, it embodies all the potential and excitement of the early 1960s. Campus is a haven of opportunity for the brightest African students, a meeting place for thinkers and writers from all over the world, and its alumni are filling Africa's emerging political and cultural positions. Despite the challenges he faces as a young black man in a British colony, it is here that Ngugi begins to find his voice as a playwright, journalist and novelist, writing his first, pivotal works just as the countries of East Africa enter the final stages of their independence struggles.

Product details

• Authors: Ngugi wa Thiong&apos, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, O, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.11.2017
• EAN: 9781784701307
• ISBN: 978-1-78470-130-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Uganda, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Africa / East, Autobiography: literary, c 1960 to c 1970, c 1960 to c 1969, Autobiography: writers