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A review by queraltsaula
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I liked it very much even though it explains a hard true story of a political prisoner that had to suffer extremely cruel conditions which included being inside his cell for 23 hours straight every single day, all because he had written a play in one of Kenya's languages.
The first half of the book is a summary of Kenya's history during the XX century: from the british colonialism, to independence and the rising of neocolonialism. A very complex and hard topic that I personally knew very little from.
Although this book is dense and sometimes a little disorganized I think it's a must read if you want to learn more about the consequences of colonialism from a politic, social, but most important, from a human point of view.
The first half of the book is a summary of Kenya's history during the XX century: from the british colonialism, to independence and the rising of neocolonialism. A very complex and hard topic that I personally knew very little from.
Although this book is dense and sometimes a little disorganized I think it's a must read if you want to learn more about the consequences of colonialism from a politic, social, but most important, from a human point of view.