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In exile for more than twenty years, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Literary Fiction
Novels
Weep Not Child (1964)
The River Between (1965)
A Grain of Wheat (1967)
Petals of Blood (1977)
Devil On the Cross (1982)
Matigari (1989)
Wizard of the Crow (2006)
The River Between (1965)
A Grain of Wheat (1967)
Petals of Blood (1977)
Devil On the Cross (1982)
Matigari (1989)
Wizard of the Crow (2006)
Collections
This Time Tomorrow (1970)
Secret Lives (1975)
To Stir the Heart (2007) (with Bessie Head)
Minutes of Glory (2019)
Secret Lives (1975)
To Stir the Heart (2007) (with Bessie Head)
Minutes of Glory (2019)
Plays
Novellas
Non fiction
Homecoming (1972)
Education for a National Culture (1981)
Writers in Politics (1981)
Detained (1981)
Barrel of a Pen (1983)
Decolonising the Mind (1986)
Writing Against Neocolonialism (1986)
Walter Rodney's Influence on the African Continent (1986)
The First Walter Rodney Memorial Lecture (1987)
Moving the Centre (1993)
Kamau Brathwaite (1994)
Penpoints, Gunpoints and Dreams (1998)
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Speaks (2005)
Something Torn and New (2009)
Dreams in a Time of War (2010)
Globalectics (2012)
In the House of the Interpreter (2012)
In the Name of the Mother (2013)
Secure the Base (2016)
Birth of a Dream Weaver (2016)
Wrestling with the Devil (2018)
Education for a National Culture (1981)
Writers in Politics (1981)
Detained (1981)
Barrel of a Pen (1983)
Decolonising the Mind (1986)
Writing Against Neocolonialism (1986)
Walter Rodney's Influence on the African Continent (1986)
The First Walter Rodney Memorial Lecture (1987)
Moving the Centre (1993)
Kamau Brathwaite (1994)
Penpoints, Gunpoints and Dreams (1998)
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Speaks (2005)
Something Torn and New (2009)
Dreams in a Time of War (2010)
Globalectics (2012)
In the House of the Interpreter (2012)
In the Name of the Mother (2013)
Secure the Base (2016)
Birth of a Dream Weaver (2016)
Wrestling with the Devil (2018)
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