A Grain of Wheat (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Kenya
- Principal Characters: Mugo, Gikonyo, Kihika, Karanja, Mumbi, Thomas Robson, John Thompson
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Africa or Africans, Revolutionaries, Blacks, Colonies or colonization, Revolutions, England or English people, War, Farms, farmers, or farming, Great Britain
- Locales: Kenya
The Story:
When the British colonizers came to Kenya, they strengthened their hold on the territory by building a great railroad. Waiyaki and other warrior leaders had taken up arms against this imposition, but they had been defeated. Most Kenyans gradually learned 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 were Gikonyo, a well-known carpenter in the village of Thabai, and Mumbi, his wife and one of the most beautiful women in the area....
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