Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (1938) is one of 52 authors who appear on our "Notable Writers of Color" poster, on display in the English Department Advising Office.
Barrel of a Pen: Resistance to Repression in Neo-Colonial Kenya
The Black Hermit
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary
Devil on the Cross
A Grain of Wheat
Homecoming: Essays on African and Caribbean Literature, Culture, and Politics
I Will Marry When I Want (with Ngugi wa Mirii)
Matigari
Mother, Sing For Me
Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedom
Njamba Nene and the Flying Bus
Njamba Nene's Pistol
Petals of Blood
The River Between
Secret Lives, and Other Stories
This Time Tomorrow
The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (with Micere Githae Mugo)
Weep Not, Child
Writers in Politics: Essays