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_aPR9381.9.N45 _bZ469 2010 |
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100 | 0 | _aNgugi wa Thiong'o, 1938- | |
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_aDreams in a time of war _b: a childhood memoir _c/ Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
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_aNew York _b: Anchor Books _c, c2010 |
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_a256 p. _b: illus. _c; 21 cm. |
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520 | _aEtches 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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_aKikuyu (African people) _v--Biography |
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_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _x-Personal narratives |
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_aWorld War, 1939 - 1945 _z--Kenya |
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_aKenya _x--History _y--1895 - 1963 _v--Biography |
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651 | 0 |
_aKenya _x--History _y--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952 - 1960 _v--Personal narratives |
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651 | 0 |
_aKenya _x--Colonial influence |
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_aKenya _x--Social conditions _y--20th century |
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