The River Between
$24.34
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2002
Summary
THE RIVER BETWEEN explores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and ‘magical’ customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Some follow Joshua and his fiery brand of Christianity while others proudly pursue tribal independence. In the midst of this disunity stands Waiyaki, a dedicated visionary born to a line of prophets. He struggles to educate the tribe-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141187037 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141187034 |
| Author: | Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Jack Mapanje |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong’o is the author of THE RIVER BETWEEN, A GRAIN OF WHEAT and PETALS OF BLOOD. Ngugi was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977. He left Kenya in 1982 and taught at various universities in the United States before he became professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992.
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