Fiction1980

Devil on the Cross

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Overview
Region

East Africa

Kenya

Era

Post-colonial

Language

Gikuyu

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

Written in secret on toilet paper while Ngũgĩ was imprisoned without trial, and originally published in Gikuyu as Caitaani Mutharaba-Ini. A satirical allegory about neo-colonial Kenya where thieves and robbers hold a competition.

Literary Significance

First major novel written in Gikuyu; Ngũgĩ's act of defiance against cultural imperialism while imprisoned

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