One of the very prolific ngugi''s work.the novelist starts by potraying the african ways of life before colonialism..that
is the pre-
colonial period period.the writer potrays the various ways used by
africans in their everyday struggles in sustaining life.then the writer builds up plot of the book by showing the early form of colonial intrusion in africa,kenya in particular,that is missionaries and traders who are shown as the immediate causes of the imposition of colonialism in africa.........................................then the conflicts build up between africans and the whites .......................the writer show how the colinialists exploit the african wealth and its people.political domination is also clearly shown...................something that the kenyans society fight with mau mau war.then kenya is finaly made free but fellow african leaders continue exploiting the mass....now will kenya survive..?read more