Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Gikandi, Simon (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Simon Gikandi's study, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive analysis of all the works of the influential Kenyan dramatist, novelist and critic, Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Gikandi provides fresh insight into the historical and cultural context of Ngugi's work, tracing his literary career through to his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s.