Ng?g? wa Thiong?o

Recounts the story of the author's childhood, covering his early years in World War II-era Kenya as the fifth child of a third wife, his thirst for learning that singled him out, and the political struggles that shaped his life.

The second volume of memoirs from the renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, and playwright covers his high school years at the end of British colonial rule in Africa, during the Mau Mau Uprising.

In the fictional Republic of Aburiria, a grandiose Ruler and his cabinet plan to reach the heavens by building their own Tower of Babel, using all of the republic's resources and people in their misguided effort, until a modern-day shaman shows the ruler his faults.