Description
In this intimate memoir, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o looks back on four formative years at Makerere University in Kampala, where he—then known as James Ngugi—begins to discover the writer he is meant to become. Set against the upheaval of decolonization and the shifting pressures of the Cold War, his story moves through rivalries, political danger, and the lingering wounds of British colonial violence in Kenya. As he learns to write across genres—journalism, short stories, plays, and novels—he also learns how literature can sharpen conscience, resist erasure, and help imagine a freer future. With the clarity and moral urgency that define his acclaimed work, this is both a chronicle of a life finding its voice and a testament to education’s power to transform memory into art.
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paperback
New Press, The
Published Jan 1, 2016
188 pages
ISBN: 9781620972670
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First Published
2016
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Birth of a Dream Weaver by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.