Description
A young woman’s search for work and dignity in Nairobi becomes a brutal education in how power exploits the vulnerable. As Wariinga is pushed from one form of abuse to another, she comes to see her personal suffering as part of a wider system—one shaped by dictatorship, corruption, and the corrosive reach of capitalist interests. Blending intimate tragedy with sweeping social critique, the novel interrogates the forces that turn labor into profit and people into disposable tools. Written in the unmistakable, urgent voice of Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, this landmark work—born under imprisonment and composed in secret—stands as both a searing indictment of injustice and a passionate call for African self-determination and authentic storytelling.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2017
272 pages
ISBN: 9780143107361
paperback
Heinemann
Published Jan 1, 2000
256 pages
ISBN: 9780435908447
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Details
First Published
1980
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong'o.