Article: Wizard of the Crow.(Book review)

Wizard of the Crow

By Ngugi wa Thiong'o

[pounds sterling]18.99 Harvill Secker

ISBN 1-846-55034-3

In exile for more than 20 years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. Born in 1938, Ngugi studied English at Makerere University. His family suffered the indignity and injustice of being dispossessed of their traditional lands by white settlers, and the colonial situation came to dominate his writings. But it was during the post-colonial period that his work blossomed, taking on the intensity that he is best ...

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