Wa : 71 books

Obra legendaria de la literatura africana, esta cautivadora novela refleja de manera lúcida el drama de una gente y una cultura cuyo mundo ha sido anulado. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o describe con maestría el legado perdido de los pueblos del este de África a través de Waiyaki y su tribu. Los misioneros...

«Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o es el Premio Nobel que el mundo necesita», The Washington Post Ambientada en la Kenia colonial durante el periodo de la Rebelión del Mau Mau, «No llores, pequeño» retrata la desigualdad que sufren los desposeídos africanos y enfatiza las consecuencias de la lucha contra...

A 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize nominee A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned. The River Between explores...

The Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer’s powerful first novel Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: In the forests,...

**Barack Obama, via Facebook: “A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.” The Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer’s best-known novel** Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence...

“The definitive African book of the twentieth century” (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment...

A cop from Wisconsin pursues a killer through the terrifying slums of Nairobi and the memories of genocide IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, it’s a big deal when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana—who saved hundreds of people from the Rwandan genocide—accepts a position at the university to...

The acclaimed Indian poet reflects on her place in the post 9/11 world in this “evocative and moving” memoir spanning continents and cultures (Publishers Weekly).   Identity and displacement are two of the powerful themes in this gorgeously written memoir by acclaimed poet, scholar, and author...

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Voices From My Clan is a collection of short stories penned by young Nigerian writers. These stories were developed during the Senator Chris Nwankwo Youth Creativity Class. Supported by Chief Chris Nwankwo, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Representing Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone, this...

Two cops—one American, one Kenyan—team up to track down a deadly terrorist. It’s December 2007. The Kenyan presidential elections have gotten off to a troubled start, with threats of ethnic violence in the air, and the reports about Barack Obama on the campaign trail in the United States...

This interdisciplinary study sheds light on the communal creative process of music and discusses the process of music change in Bumba-meu-Boi, and provides an example of exo-semantic analysis in the quest for the truth of this folk drama in Brazil. It argues that Bumba-meu-Boi sheds light on eighteenth...

La novela más conocida del escritor keniano habla sobre la rebelión, el amor, la amistad y la traición. Ambientada en los años cincuenta y sesenta, en los tiempos de la rebelión del Mau Mau y la consiguiente independencia de Kenia, Un grano de trigo narra la historia de los habitantes...

PRESENT PAST AND FUTURE has no value so at a reflection where time does not exist this book is written. Explanations of a golden Universe and how it can be manipulated fanatically. The travel takes place with poetry.