Brief Summary
Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer’s creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o recounts the four years he spent in Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda—threshold years where he found his voice as a playwright, journalist, and novelist, just as Uganda, Kenya, Congo, and other countries were in the final throes of their independence struggles.
James Ngugi, as he was known then, is haunted by the emergency period of the previous decade in Kenya, when his friends and relatives were killed during the Mau Mau Rebellion. He is also haunted by the experience of his childhood in a polygamous family and the brave break his mother made from his father’s home.
Accompanied by these ghosts, Ngugi begins to weave stories from the fibers of memory, history, and a shockingly vibrant and turbulent present.
What unfolds in this moving and thought-provoking memoir is both the birth of one of the most important living writers—lauded for his "epic imagination” (Los Angeles Times)—and the death of one of the most violent episodes in global history.
PMM –
Fascinating book. I enjoyed it immensely.
Treo –
its a great book, catchy and free flowing . You will also get to know that military is not for the faint hearted its all about serving, thats the world we are in💪🏽💪🏽. Huuuuaaaah
Faith Kangai –
Congratulations Dan. Your story articulation in this book is mind blowing. It leaves the reader wanting to know more with every page turn.
Njeri –
Fair
Nicholus Musyoki –
Well composed, Catchy event, Theme flow and lots of adventures infact you will tour The entire kenya and Somalia through this Novel, When you start reading you won’t put it down, It reminds me my favourite novel “My life in Crime”