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Author:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-

Title:

Minutes of glory, and other stories / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo.

Publisher:

The New Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

193 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Kenya--Fiction.

Other Titles:

Secret lives, and other stories

Notes:

"First published in the United Kingdom in the Heinemann African Writers Series as Secret Lives and Other Stories, 1975."

Contents:

Mugumo -- And the rain came down! -- Gone with the drought -- The village priest -- The black bird -- The martyr -- The return -- A meeting in the dark -- Goodbye Africa -- Minutes of glory -- Wedding at the cross -- A Mercedes funeral -- The Mubenzi tribesman -- Without a shadow of doubt: my first lesson in art and film -- The ghost of Michael Jackson.

Summary:

A collection of short stories by the Kenyan writer covering the period of British colonial rule and resistance in Kenya to the experience of independence and including two stories that have never before been published in the United States--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1620974657
9781620974650

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1061871781

LCCN:

2018052222

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)