| Description |
238 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-235). |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The wound in the heart -- A wounded land -- Reds and blacks -- Benzes, sneakers, frisbees, and flags -- Penpoints and fig trees -- Writing for the money of it -- Black dolls and black masks -- Transition and that letter from Paris -- Boxers and black hermits -- Pages, stages, spaces -- Coal, rubber, silver, gold, and new flags -- Working for the nation -- Notes and notebooks -- A hell of a paradise. |
| Summary |
"Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writers creative output. In this wonderful memoir, internationally renowned Kenyan writer and author of the now-classic Wizard and the Crow, Ngugi wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent in Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda--threshold years where he found his voice as a playwright, journalist, and novelist, just as Uganda, Kenya, Congo, and other countries were in the final throes of their independence struggles,"--NoveList. |
| Subject |
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938- (OCoLC)fst00002578
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Authors, Kenyan -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, Kenyan. (OCoLC)fst00822178
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.
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HISTORY / Africa / East.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
9781620972403 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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1620972409 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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