Ngugi Wa Thiong O: 19 books

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...

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...