A Grain of Wheat
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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At a glance:
- Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Setting: Kenya
- Characters: Mugo, Gikonyo, Kihika, Karanja, Mumbi, Thomas Robson, John Thompson
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Novel
- Subjects: 1950's, Africa or Africans, Revolutionaries, Blacks, Colonies or colonization, Revolutions, England or English people, War, Farms, farmers, or farming, Great Britain
- Locales: Africa, Kenya
The Story:
When the British colonizers come to Kenya, they strengthen their hold on the territory by building a great railroad. Waiyaki and other warrior leaders took up arms against this imposition, but they were defeated. Most Kenyans gradually learn to make accommodations with the new regime, though the seeds of revolution spread underground in “the Movement,” known to the British as Mau Mau.
Among the younger generation are Gikonyo, a well-known carpenter in the village of Thabai, and Mumbi, his wife and one of the most beautiful women in the area. They listen as...
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