"As an African and a Black person, I feel that I have a duty to love all the places I call home. Love need not always be pleasant—it can be demanding, defensive, angry and wrong. But it always wants to build, not destroy."
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BLACK STAR NAIROBI
“Ngugi’s ability to weave a complex narrative, which connects crime and racial tensions in the US to an in-depth knowledge of Kenya and its nuances, to Rwanda and its genocide past within this African crime thriller, is nothing but the work of a genius craftsman and wordsmith.” --New African Magazine |
NAIROBI HEAT
"Nairobi Heat takes us to Kenya with a refreshing authority... Besides the usual fun and thrill of crime novels, what makes the book a delicious read is that it’s also packed with engaged and relevant social commentary." --The New York Times |
THE RISE OF THE AFRICAN NOVEL
This is the first book to situate South African and African-language literature of the late 1880s through the early 1940s in relation to the literature of decolonization that spanned the 1950s through the 1980s, and the contemporary generation of established and emerging continental and diaspora African writers of international renown. |
Mukoma Wa Ngugi reads from his work and discusses contemporary African literature at the Library of Congress, part of the series of Conversations with African Poets and Writers.