by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · Heinemann · tapa dura · ISBN 9780435906542
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«Matigari» is the satirical novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, published by Heinemann in hardcover (186 pages, in English).
After the war of independence, Matigari comes down from the mountains in search of his family. Seeing his people dispossessed and dominated by corruption, his search becomes a struggle for truth and justice, and the legend of a superhuman man grows. The novel is a satire of betrayed ideals in post-independence Africa.
This 1989 edition belongs to Heinemann's African Writers series and includes the translation from Gikuyu into English.
Work suitable for readers of African literature and political satire, interested in the post-independence period in Africa.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Africa's leading novelist and an important figure in modern African literature.
