The Works of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

Question 1

“Weep Not Child” (1964)

Answer 1

the historical struggle for independence

Question 2

“The River Between” (1965)

Answer 2

the problematic nature of some cultural practices

Question 3

“A Grain of Wheat” (1966)

Answer 3

the disillusionment over the failure of independence

Question 4

“Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary” (1981)

Answer 4

the Kenyan prison experience

Question 5

“Devil on the Cross” (1982)

Answer 5

the language question in African literature

Question 6

“I Will Marry When I Want” (1982)

Answer 6

used songs and drama as a means of social criticism

Question 7

“Barrel of a Pen” (1983)

Answer 7

cultural nationalism

Question 8

“Decolonizing the Mind” (1986)

Answer 8

cultural nationalism

Question 9

“Moving the Center” (1993)

Answer 9

cultural nationalism

Question 10

“Dreams in a Time of War” (2010)

Answer 10

personal memoir