A Grain Of Wheat

Ngugi Wa Thiog’o is undoubtedly Kenya’s most prolific writer. From the time he launched as a pioneer African writer with ‘Weep Not, Child’ (1963), there was no stopping Ngugi. Weep Not, Child was quickly followed up by ‘The River Between’ (1965) and ‘A Grain Of Wheat’ (1967), both of which confirmed Ngugi as  a writer of great ambition. The publication of ‘Petals Of Blood (1977) and the pre -publication staging of the Gikuyu version of ‘I Will Marry When I Want’ (a play), swiftly led to his detention without trial by Kenya’s authorities. After detention, Ngugi issued ‘Caaitani Mutharaba’ini, (Devil on the Cross – 1982)’ and ‘Matigari Ma Njirungi’ (1986), an novel in Gikuyu. Ngugi is also a renowned play writer with such work as; ‘The Black Hermit’ (1968) and ‘The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1976), co-authored with Micere Githae Mugo. Besides novels and plays, he has written volumes of essays and has published an anthology of short stories – ‘Secret Lives’ (1963). All Ngugi’s novel are published in the Peak Library.