Fighters & Martyrs

Ngugi wa Thiong''o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood , for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War , In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind , Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.>

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Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.

Product details

• Authors: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 02.07.2026
• EAN: 9781529983746
• ISBN: 978-1-5299-8374-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Brief Encounters
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Political, Short Stories, Kenya, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East Africa, Classic fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems, Narrative theme: politics / economics