Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir

Memoirs #1

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

256 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war between the Mau Mau and the British. The son of a man whose four wives bore him more than a score of children, young...

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Moods

informative: 79%

reflective: 75%

emotional: 66%

inspiring: 45%

hopeful: 33%

tense: 29%

adventurous: 20%

challenging: 20%

sad: 16%

dark: 12%

funny: 4%


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