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Author
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
Title
Dreams in a time of war : a childhood memoir / Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
Publication Info.
New York : Pantheon Books, [2010]
©2010
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PR9381.9.N45 Z469 2010
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Edition
1st ed.
Description
256 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary
Recounts the story of the author's childhood, covering his early years in World War II-era Kenya as the fifth child of a third wife, his thirst for learning that singled him out, and the political struggles that shaped his life.
Subject
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- -- Childhood and youth.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- -- Family.
Families.
Authors, Kenyan -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, Kenyan.
Chronological Term
20th century
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Subject
Kikuyu (African people) -- Biography.
Kikuyu (African people)
Kenya -- History -- 1895-1963 -- Biography.
Kenya.
History.
Chronological Term
1895-1963
Subject
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Kenyan.
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Kenya.
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Personal narratives, Kenyan.
Kenya -- Colonial influence.
Colonial influence.
Kenya -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Social conditions.
Genre/Form
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
ISBN
9780307378835
0307378837