Wanjiku wa Ngugi
Autore di The Fall of Saints
Sull'Autore
Opere di Wanjiku wa Ngugi
Opere correlate
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Collaboratore — 88 copie
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- Opere
- 2
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 40
- Popolarità
- #370,100
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 9
Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ is the daughter of Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (whose books I have reviewed here). She was born in Kenya, educated in the US and has lived and worked in Eritrea, Zimbabwe and Finland. Wikipedia tells me that her CV includes journalism and editorial work as well as founding and directing the Helsinki African Film Festival. Her writing includes her debut novel The Fall of Saints (2014) and contributing to anthologies such as New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (2019); and short stories in Akashic Books' Noir Series: Houston Noir (2019) and Nairobi Noir (2020). If her second novel Seasons in Hippoland (2021) is anything to go by, literary talent runs in families. (Her brother Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ is also a writer.)
Seasons in Hippoland begins with Mumbi as a sulky adolescent, sent to stay with her Aunt Sara because her parents are anxious about her rebellious behaviour. The irony is that both her parents and Aunt Sara were rebels themselves, but they were fighting for a political cause not for the right to party and smoke dope. Mumbi is furious about being banished to the countryside:
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2023/03/18/seasons-in-hippoland-2021-by-wanjiku-wa-ngug...… (altro)