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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - A Grain of Wheat

A special edition in the company of an audience of readers and students at Nairobi University's bustling bookshop, where celebrated Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a director.

This month a special edition of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Book Club coming from Nairobi in Kenya. Lawrence Pollard talks to celebrated Kenyan writer NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiong'o in the company of an enthusiastic audience of readers and students who have gathered in the bustling bookshop of Nairobi University where Ngugi was once a director. We’re discussing NgÅ©gÄ©'s landmark novel A Grain of Wheat, set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya’s independence from Britain. In it the tangled narratives of a group of Kenyan villagers interweave to tell an epic story of love tested, friendships betrayed and myths forged, confirming NgÅ©gÄ©'s status as a giant of African writing.

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50 minutes

Last on

Sat 9 Mar 2019 21:00GMT

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  • Sun 3 Mar 2019 03:06GMT
  • Sun 3 Mar 2019 14:06GMT
  • Wed 6 Mar 2019 09:06GMT
  • Thu 7 Mar 2019 00:06GMT
  • Sat 9 Mar 2019 21:00GMT

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