Devil on the Cross
Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0143107364 | 320 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0143107364 | 320 pages | EPUB | 1 MB
The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's powerful fictional critique of capitalism
One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ was in prison. It tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later by a corrupt businessman. As she struggles to survive, Wariinga begins to realize that her problems are only symptoms of a larger societal malaise and that much of the misfortune stems from the Western, capitalist influences on her country. An impassioned cry for a Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, Devil on the Cross has had a profound influence on Africa and on post-colonial African literature.