Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | Granta Magazine

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s latest book, Dreams in a Time of War was published in 2010. He is working on the second volume of his memoirs, The Oasis in the Desert: A Memoir of Alliance.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on Granta.com

Essays & Memoir | Issue 109 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 109 padlock

Dreams in a Time of War

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

‘I had not had lunch that day and my stomach had already forgotten the breakfast porridge gobbled before my six-mile run to Kĩnyogori Intermediate School.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 109
Essays & Memoir | Issue 109

Opinion: Kenya

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

‘Where Kenyatta had imprisoned me for my writing, Moi sent three truckloads of armed policemen to raze to the ground the community theatre where I worked.’

Granta magazine is run by the Granta Trust (charity number 1184638)

The copyright to all contents of this site is held either by Granta or by the individual authors, and none of the material may be used elsewhere without written permission. For reprint enquiries, contact us.

  • Granta
  • 12 Addison Avenue
  • London W11 4QR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel +44(0)20 7605 1360