Dreams in a time of war : a childhood memoir / Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books , c2010Description: 256 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780307476210
- Ngugi wa Thiong'o, 1938-
- Authors, Kenyan -- --20th century -- --Biography
- Kikuyu (African people) -- --Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- -Personal narratives
- World War, 1939 - 1945 -- --Kenya
- Kenya -- --History -- --1895 - 1963 -- --Biography
- Kenya -- --History -- --Mau Mau Emergency, 1952 - 1960 -- --Personal narratives
- Kenya -- --Colonial influence
- Kenya -- --Social conditions -- --20th century
- 92 NGU
- PR9381.9.N45 Z469 2010
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | 92 NGU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 067580 |
Etches of a bygone era, bearing witness to the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Speaking to the human right to dream even in the worst of times, this memoir of an African childhood abounds in delicate and powerful subtleties and complexities that are movingly told.
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