A Grain of Wheat
A Grain of Wheat
Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Desc: Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952–1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders including Jomo Kenyatta a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.