A review by logbook
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

5.0

While I volunteer with a prison abolitionist organization and have worked on a legal prison rights case, I had zero knowledge about Kenya's prison system, let alone its history or politics, before reading this book. The chapters flit between Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's thoughts in prison and the study of the past. He is exceptional at marrying all this information, so it was a captivating and educational read. I learned so much about the effects of [neo-]colonialism in Kenya and highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the resistance of capitalism and cultural imperialism.

Note: I received an advance copy from The New Press through an Instagram giveaway.