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Dreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Ngũgĩ approaches adolescence in the midst of Kenya's struggle for independence. In his memoirs, he details his life-long search for knowledge and the ways colonialism, rebellion, class, religion, and tradition shape the man he will one day become. This moving portrait of a country's beginnings explores a complex history that has left an indelible legacy on Kenya and wa Thiong'o.