Birth of a Dream Weaver

As a young student, internationally renowned author Ngungi wa Thiongo found his voice as a playwright, journalist and novelist, writing his first pivotal works just as the countries of East Africa were in the final throes of their independence struggles.
For Ngungi, an ambitious student leaving Kenya for the first time, the prestigious Makerere university embodies all the potential and excitement of the early 1960s.Campus is a haven of opportunity for the brightest African students, a meeting place for great thinkers and writers from all over the world.
Birth of a Dream Weaver is a moving and thought provoking memoir of the birth of one of the most important writers today, and the death of one of the most violent periods in global history.

Author: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

ISBN: 9781846559891