East Africa
Kenya
Post-colonial
Gikuyu
Fiction
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.
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First major novel written in Gikuyu; Ngũgĩ's act of defiance against cultural imperialism while imprisoned
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editorial-summarynot primary textWritten 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. First major novel written in Gikuyu; Ngũgĩ's act of defiance against cultural imperialism while imprisoned
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